View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin
c. 1884
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 66.2 × 81.6 cm (26 1/16 × 32 1/8 in.) framed: 90.49 × 106.68 × 9.21 cm (35 5/8 × 42 × 3 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.60
Rights
Public Domain
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...