Regatta at Argenteuil

1874

Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

Sailboats line a grassy riverbank in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. Vivid blue water stretches before us to meet a verdant bank along the left third of the horizon, which comes less than halfway up the composition. About a dozen people standing in the grass are painted with a few strokes each of white or dark blue. One sailboat dominates the scene just right of center, and about half a dozen more sailboats are spaced farther back in the landscape beyond it. A flagpole rises along the left edge of the painting. The water and sky are thinly painted, and areas of the tan-colored, textured canvas are visible, especially in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.4 x 45.7 cm (12 3/4 x 18 in.)
    framed: 55.6 x 71.4 x 6.7 cm (21 7/8 x 28 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection Monet; Mme Jean Monet, née Blanche Hoschede. [1] Possibly (Galerie Charpentier, Paris) in 1945.[2] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[3] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969]; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] According to Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 5 vols., Paris, 2007, vol I, no. 128.
[2] Exhibited at Charpentier in 1945, by which time it may already have been owned by Molyneux, who is listed as a lender without specifying individual objects.
[3] Included in 1952 exhibition of Molyneux collection held at the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • Paysages d'eau douce, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1945, no. 117, repro.

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 101, repro

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1991

  • La rivière de Seine et ses Peintres, Musée de l'Ile de France, Château de Sceaux, 1991, no. 89, repro.

1996

  • Impressionists in Town, Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen, 1996, no. 54, fig. 40.

1999

  • Renoir: Modern Eyes, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, 1999, no. 22, repro.

2000

  • The Impressionists at Argenteuil, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 2000, no. 31, repro.

2007

  • Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883, The National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007-2008, no. 24, repro.

2013

  • Impressionists at the Waterside: Depicting Urban Resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; Fukuoka City Museum; The Museum of Kyoto, 2013-2014, no. 29, repro.

2017

  • Monet: Framing Life, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2017-2018, no. 11.

Bibliography

1961

  • Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. 3rd rev. ed., New York, 1961: repro. p. 348.

1967

  • Walton, P.H. Renoir. New York, 1967: 23, no. 17, repro.

1972

  • Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 119.

1973

  • Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1973: repro. p. 348.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 298, repro.

1980

  • Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York, 1980: 439, repro.

  • Monneret, Sophie (intro). Guida alla pittura di Renoir. Milan, 1980: no. 139, repro.

1982

  • Tucker, Paul Hayes. Monet at Argenteuil. New Haven, 1982:repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 471, no. 689, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 342, repro.

  • Fezzi, Elda. L'opera complete di Renoir nel period impressionista 1869-1883. Paris, 1985:no. 114, repro.

1996

  • White, Barbara Ehrlich. Impressionists: Side by Side. New York, 1996: 69, repro.

1997

  • Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 123, repro.

  • Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part I), Christie's, New York, 1997, p. 51, no. 3, repro.

2000

  • Tucker, Paul Hayes. The Impressionists at Argenteuil. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Washington and Hartford, 2000: no. 31.

2007

  • Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: I: no. 128, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188781

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