The Laundress
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1877–79
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
80.8 × 56.5 cm (31 13/16 × 22 1/4 in.); Framed: 100.4 × 79.4 × 9.6 cm (39 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
59944
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...