The Pinned Hat and the Bather
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1905
Medium
Lithograph in black on thick grayish-ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.4 × 32.2 cm (10 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 35.9 cm (10 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109979
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...