Seated Nude Woman
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1906
Medium
Soft ground etching on bright cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.2 × 14 cm (7 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 18.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81989
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...