Woman Seated in a Chair (recto); Woman in a Chair, Seen from the Back (verso)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1883
Medium
Charcoal, with graphite and touches of stumping and erasure (recto), and graphite (verso) on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
36.2 × 31 cm (14 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113275
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...