Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears
Auguste Renoir
ca. 1885
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 7/8 x 23 3/8 in. (73.3 x 59.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Catherine Vance Gaisman, 2010
Accession Number
2010.454
Tags
PearsFlowersStill LifeVases
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), born in Limoges to a modest tailor's family, displayed prodigious talent early on, apprenticed at age thirteen to the Lévy Frères porcelain factory in Paris after his family relocated there in 1845. There, he decorated fine china with floral designs, fans, and religious hangings, honing his skills in color and draftsmanship. By 1862, having saved enough, Renoir s...