Portrait of Ambroise Vollard
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1904
Medium
Lithograph on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.8 × 17 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 26.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74907
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...