Marie Murer

1877

Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 67.6 x 57.1 cm (26 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
    framed: 89.8 x 80 cm (35 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned by Eugène Murer, half-brother of sitter, in 1897 on the occasion of the sitters's marriage; to his sister Mme Gérome Doucet, née Marie Meunier. Private collection of Josse Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1919; sold through (Etienne Bignou) in 1931 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; [1] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Published in 1919 as in the private collection of Bernheim-Jeune. A letter dated 7 August 1931 from Bignou to M. Knoedler & Co., New York, details shipping instructons, M. Knoedler & Co. Records, Getty Research Institute (copy NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Renoir and His Tradition, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 15

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1887

  • Trublot (Paul Alexis). "La Collection Murer." Cri du peuple 21 October 1887: 172, 176, no. 46.

1919

  • L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1919:plate 104

1925

  • Tabarant, A. Pissarro. New York, 1925: 43-44.

1937

  • McBride, Henry. "The Renoirs in America: In Appreciation of the Metropolitan Museum's Exhibition," Art News 35, no. 31 (1 May 1937):60, repro.

1939

  • Pissarro, Ludovic and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1939:I:147.

1946

  • Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1946: 332, repro.

1956

  • Gachet, Paul. Deux amis des impressionists; le docteur Gachet et Murer. Paris, 1956:159-160, 170-176, repro.

1961

  • Fosca, François. Renoir, His Life and Work. London, 1961:112-114.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 110, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 112.

1967

  • Dauberville, Henry. La Batille de l'impressionisme. Paris, 1967: repro. 576.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 100, repro.

  • Hanson, Lawrence. Renoir: The Man, The Painter, and his World. New York, 1968: 171-173.

1971

  • Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 249

1972

  • Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 292.

1973

  • Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1973: 413, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 294, repro.

  • "Le Pâtissier Murer: un ami des impressionnistes." L'Oeil 245 (December 1975): 54-61, 92, repro,

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 462, no. 672, color repro.

  • White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. New York, 1984: repro. 78.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 338, repro.

  • Arts Council of Great Britain. Renoir. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery , London, Galleries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985-1986: 22.

1986

  • Cowart, Jack and Dominique Fourcade. Henri Matisse: The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986: 241, repro.

1989

  • Bailey, Colin, Joseph Rishel and Mark Rosenthal. The Annenberg Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Los angeles County Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989:35, repro. fig. 56.

1997

  • Bailey, Colin B._ Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an age_.Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, 1997,no. 50,repro.

2007

  • Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 422.

Inscriptions

center left: Renoir.

Wikidata ID

Q20188832

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