Pierre-August
Renoir
Pierre-August Renoir, one of the most beloved of the Impressionists, always painted the beauties of nature, harmonious landscapes, flowers, fruit, children and women. Renoir and Monet occasionally worked side by side, painting the same scenes such as La Grenouillere (1869) and views at Argenteuil on the Seine, where the two painters spent the summer. In 1869, Renoir and Monet and a number of other artists including Berthe Morisot, Pissarro, and Degas who, like themselves, were disaffected with the Salon Jury, held the first exhibition of the group which was to become known as the Impressionists.
Deux Jeunes Filles au Piano (Yvonne et Christine Lerolle au Piano)
c. 1890
Charcoal on Paper
24-7/8 x 19 in.
Other Info Signed ‘Renoir’ (lower right). Certificate of authenticity from Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville of Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris.