Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Jeunes femmes dans un jardin
1895.
Oil on canvas.
With several hand-written and typographic numbers, the inscription "PH", an old label inscribed by hand and numbered "671" in typography on the reverse. 46 x 55 cm (18.1 x 21.6 in).
• Elegant Parisian park scene - emblematic of Impressionism.
• Painted in the garden of Château Brouillard in Montmartre, Paris, Renoir"s home at the time.
• Inspired by Rococo elegance and the lightness of the famous French "Fêtes galantes" by Watteau and Fragonard.
• In the mid-1890s, Renoir reinvented his style and created works of a rich airiness.
• Made after he had married his model Aline and the birth of their son Jean - a time of family bliss
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Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by François Daulte, Lausanne, dated July 20, 1989 and a confirmation of autenticity issued by Guy Wildenstein, Wildenstein Institute, Paris, from April 24, 2015.
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Paris, will include the work into the forthcoming digital catalogue raisonné of Pierre-Auguste Renoir"s works.