Portrait of Richard Wagner
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1900
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 43.6 × 32.4 cm (17 3/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 66.1 × 50.3 cm (26 1/16 × 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
13526
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...