Dance in the Country
c. 1890
Medium
Soft ground etching in brown-gray on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.9 × 14.1 cm (8 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 14.1 cm (8 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 27.6 cm (14 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27667
About the Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...