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Romaine Lacaux

1864

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 106.7 x 89.2 x 8.9 cm (42 x 35 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.); Unframed: 81.3 x 65 cm (32 x 25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1942.1065
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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The son of a poor tailor from Limoges, Renoir began his artistic career at age 13 as an apprentice to a porcelain painter.

Description

This painting may be Renoir's earliest signed canvas. Its sensitive display of color and light communicates an ideal of delicate, youthful beauty. The luminous tones of the background drapery and of the child's white blouse result from the artist's careful observation of reflected light and color on translucent materials. The delicate nuances of color, particularly in the young girl's face, reveal Renoir's previous training as a decorator of porcelain. He painted this portrait, commissioned by the vacationing Lacaux family, during his stay at an artist's colony in the village of Barbizon, near Paris.
An oil painting of a girl with a light skin tone seated and looking at us. She is wearing a gray dress over a white blouse and is holding red flowers in her lap. Behind her is a white drapery and a variety of colorful flowers in a bouquet.

Romaine Lacaux

1864

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)
France, 19th century

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