Studies of Landscape, Trees, and Exotic Fruit
Auguste Renoir
ca. 1885
Medium
Watercolor and ink over graphite
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.8 x 47.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.96
Tags
FruitLandscapesTrees
About the Artist
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...