Woman Standing by a Tree
Auguste Renoir
1866
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 25.2 × 15.9 cm (9 15/16 × 6 1/4 in.) framed: 41.28 × 32.07 × 8.26 cm (16 1/4 × 12 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.67
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...