Standing Bather
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1910
Medium
Etching on tan laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.1 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 17.1 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 15.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81991
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...