Standing Female Bather
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1896
Medium
Lithograph in rose, blue, ochre and dark blue-gray on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.4 × 35.1 cm (16 5/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 63 × 46.1 cm (24 13/16 × 18 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63564
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...