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
Rights
Public Domain
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...