Artwork Details
| Title | Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Grenouillere (1869) |
|---|---|
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Size | 79 x 69 cm |
| Frame | Framed |
| Price | £3,950 |
Description
Born in France in 1841, Pierre Auguste-Renoir was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist movement joining forces with Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro to mount The First Impressionist Exhibition in Paris in 1874.
In the Summer of 1869, friends and fellow artists Renior and Monet sat side by side and painted La Grenouillere on the Island of Croissy-sue-Seine near Bougival.
A popular location for it's boat hire and floating restaurant, this painting depicts a small island with a single tree, a meeting point for fashionable people of the era.
