Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1880–81
Luncheon of the Boating Party
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Renoir's sun-dappled afternoon on the Seine — fourteen of his friends gathered on a restaurant terrace at Chatou, wine glasses and straw hats and conversation in the warm light. The most life-affirming Impressionist painting.
Up to 16 × 12 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party is an 1881 painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Exhibited at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 from his son by industrialist Duncan Phillips, who spent a decade in pursuit of the work. It is now in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. It has been said that, as a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."
All Pierre-Auguste Renoir prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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