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Jeune femme au corsage rouge et au chapeau jaune, 1900

signed lower right Renoir

On the back: on the frame: old handwritten tag Renoir (Nº) … 70 / Jeune femme / corsage rouge – I … / MA 2 … ; old handwritten tag Renoir no 6806 / … femme, corsage / … 1900; stamp VALENTINE GALLERY / 16 East 57th Street; old inscriptions and reference numbers. On the frame, tag of the art transport company Royer of Paris with the name of the artist, reference number (03013) and date (18/12/84).


Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the greatest French painters and a leading figure of Impressionism. Born in 1841 in Limoges, he moved to Paris at a young age, where he initially worked as a porcelain decorator. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and frequented the famous studio of Charles Gleyre, where he met artists such as Monet, Sisley, and Bazille, with whom he shared his first artistic experiences.

Renoir was attracted to natural light and plein air painting, central characteristics of Impressionism, but he stood out for his special interest in the depiction of the human body and female beauty. Works such as Le Moulin de la Galette (1876) and Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) are among the most famous masterpieces of this period.


Over time, Renoir moved away from the more fragmented style of Impressionism, developing a personal, softer, and more classical language, inspired by the Renaissance tradition and Raphael. Despite the serious health problems that beset him in his later years, he continued to paint until his death, which came in Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1919.
oil on canvas
cm 30,3 x 25 - framed cm 50,7 x 46
Attached is a declaration of authenticity on photograph by Robert Schmit n. 1728, dated Paris, 1 October 1984.
Origin:
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Parigi;

Valentine Gallery, New York;

Charles Bird, New York;

Galerie Schmit, Parigi.
Exhibitions:
XIIe Biennale Internationale: les Antiquaires au Grand Palais, Paris, 20 September - 7 October 1984, stand of the Galerie Schmit (published at no. 37 of the brochure edited for the occasion by the Galerie Schmit).
€ 50.000,00 / 80.000,00
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