Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55 × 65.9 cm (21 5/8 × 25 15/16 in.); Framed: 80.4 × 91.2 × 11.2 cm (31 5/8 × 35 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81555
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...