Mlle Charlotte Berthier
Auguste Renoir
1883
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 92.1 x 73 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.) framed: 97.5 x 117.5 x 10.2 cm (38 3/8 x 46 1/4 x 4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Angelika Wertheim Frink
Accession Number
1969.10.1
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...