The Young Soldier
Auguste Renoir
c. 1880
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 54.93 × 33.02 cm (21 5/8 × 13 in.) framed: 68.58 × 46.04 × 4.45 cm (27 × 18 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.46
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...