Woman in a Park

1866

Auguste Renoir

Associated Names
Auguste Renoir

Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

This painting shows a woman standing, facing the right, her head slightly angled downward. She has pale skin and dark hair and is wearing a long, pale, blue-gray dress with wide sleeves adorned with black stripes. She may be wearing a black hat with a gray ruffle at the top and red bracelets, although these details are unclear. One of her hands is raised to her forehead, while the other rests by her waist. She is painted with thick brushstrokes and minimal detail. The background features a green garden or park setting with some dark green plants below a pale blue-gray sky. The background is painted with the same blurred strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.1 × 16.1 cm (10 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
    framed: 46.99 × 37.4 × 9.53 cm (18 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.68

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris). Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[1] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Exhibited as part of the Molyneux collection in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

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

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 52, repro

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 54, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1989

  • Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1918

  • Vollard, Ambroise. Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1918: I:6, no. 21.

1971

  • Daulte, Francois. Auguste Renoir, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.I. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 51

1972

  • Fezzi, Elda. L'opera completa di Renoir nel period impressionista. Milan, 1972: no. 49.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 300, repro.

1978

  • Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 54, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).

1980

  • Monneret, Sophie (intro). Guida alla pittura di Renoir. Milan, 1980: no.51.

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

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 465, no. 681, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 345, repro.

1997

  • Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 217, repro.

2007

  • Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: 1:no. 290.

Inscriptions

lower right: R

Wikidata ID

Q20188690

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