Study of Seated Nude Woman
c. 1904, published 1919
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.2 × 13.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 22.5 cm (9 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 37.2 × 26.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74925
Art Historical Context
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a leading figure of French Impressionism, created *Study of Seated N Woman* around 1904, during his later career when he increasingly focused on voluptuous female figures inspired by classical antiquity and his beloved bather series. By this time, Renoir had moved beyond the fleeting light effects of his Impressionist youth toward softer, more monumental forms, emphasizing the beauty of the human body. This intimate lithograph, published in 1919 shortly after the artist's death, exemplifies his enduring fascination with the nude as a celebration of sensuality and form. ...
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...