Renoir initially preferred to make sketches and pastels as preparatory studies for his paintings. It was only after 1880, when line began to play a greater role in his paintings, that he focussed more on drawing. This is a study for a painting from 1890 with three women taking a walk: the daughter of the writer Paul Alexis and two of Renoir’s neighbours in Montmartre.
Specifications
| Title | Two Women Walking to the Right |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk and pastel |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 477 mm Width 310 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Tekenaar:
Auguste Renoir
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| Accession number | F II 23 (PK) |
| Credits | Bruikleen / Loan: Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 1940 (voormalige collectie / former collection Koenigs) |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Age artist | Between 34 and 59 years old |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Exhibitions |
Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel I, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) Selectie Impressionisten van Manet tot Cézanne (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Impressionism and Post Impressionism on paper: Drawings from Manet to Van Gogh (2012) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Auguste Renoir
Limoges 1841 - Cagnes 1919
From 1861, Pierre Auguste Renoir took lessons at the studio of Gleyre, where he met Monet, Sisley and Bazille. In the 1860s Renoir painted in the woods of...
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