Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Woman Playing the Guitar
Alternate Title:
Femme jouant de la guitare
Image View:
Detail, center section, figure of woman with guitar
Creator:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French painter, 1841-1919)
Location:
repository: Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France) Inv. B-624
Location Note:
20 Place des Terreaux
GPS:
45.766846 4.83363
Date:
1897 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
81 cm (height) x 65 cm (width)
Subjects:
human figure; music; Musical instruments; woman; satin dress; guitar
Description:
Renoir visited the great museums in Madrid, Dresden, Amsterdam and London in this period, and this pursuit of the art of the past was reflected in his painting by a gradual return to a more fluid technique, which owed a great deal to French 18th-century painting as well as to Titian, Diego Velázquez and Peter Paul Rubens. This is an excellent example of the spirit in which Renoir interpreted a traditional subject. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RENOIR-ML-FJG-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Woman Playing the Guitar