Two Women Bathing
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1895
Medium
Etching on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.2 × 24.2 cm (10 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Print: 26.2 × 24.2 cm (10 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Sheet: 47.8 × 39.7 cm (18 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22782
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...