Pont Neuf, Paris
Auguste Renoir
1872
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 75.3 × 93.7 cm (29 5/8 × 36 7/8 in.) framed: 99.7 × 119.38 × 20.96 cm (39 1/4 × 47 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.58
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...