Girl with a Hoop
1885
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 125.7 x 76.6 cm (49 1/2 x 30 3/16 in.) framed: 148 x 100.6 cm (58 1/4 x 39 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.58
Art Historical Context
**Girl with a Hoop**, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1885, captures the joy of childhood in oil on canvas, measuring nearly five feet tall. This Impressionist masterpiece from the Chester Dale Collection at the National Gallery of Art depicts a young girl twirling a hoop, her billowing in soft, dappled light. Renoir, a leading figure in the Impressionist movement favored such intimate scenes of everyday leisure, reflecting late 19th-century French fascination with modernity and domestic bliss. Renoir's loose, vibrant brushstrokes masterfully convey movement and sunlight filtering through...
About the Artist
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...