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Auguste Renoir
(25th Feb, 1841 - 3rd Dec, 1919)
La liseuse
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
reading
book
woman
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About the artwork
Title:
La liseuse
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
465 x 385
Inventory number:
RF3757
Detail:
vers 1874-1876
Location:
musée d'Orsay
See more about this artwork:
On the Musée d'Orsay website
About the author(s)
Author:
Auguste Renoir
Also known as:
Pjer-Ogist Renoar
Pierre Auguste Renoir
August Renoir
Pierre August Renoir
Born:
25th Feb, 1841
Dead:
3rd Dec, 1919
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
, commonly known as
Auguste Renoir
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; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." He was the father of actor Pierre Renoir (1885–1952), filmmaker Jean…
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