Le Pont-Neuf (Renoir)
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Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Year | 1872 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 74 cm × 93 cm (29 in × 37 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Art |
Le Pont-Neuf is an 1872 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[1]
Background
The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It was completed in 1607 by Henry IV. In 1867, French painters Claude Monet and Renoir first depicted the bridge in their series of riverbank paintings, returning to the subject again in 1872.[2] This time, they were painting in the turbulent aftermath of the Paris Commune uprising.[3]
Description
Both Renoir and Monet painted separate works using the same perspective to depict the Right Bank side of the bridge from the second-floor window of a cafe.[2] Edmond Renoir, Renoir's brother, helped him to set the scene by delaying people walking on the bridge and asking them questions, giving Renoir time to sketch their likeness. Edmond himself appears twice in the painting with a walking stick and straw boater hat.[4] Renoir started his work in the spring[2] and sold it at auction to French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel on March 24, 1875, for only 300 francs.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Rubin, James H.(2008). Impressionism and the Modern Landscape: Productivity, Technology, and Urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh. University of California Press. pp. 51-53. ISBN 9780520248014
- ^ a b c Williams, Ellen (1997). The Impressionists' Paris: Walking Tours of the Painters' Studios, Homes, and the Sites They Painted. New York Review of Books. pp. 32-35. ISBN 9780964126220.
- ^ a b Strieter, Terry W. (1999). Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 180. ISBN 9780313298981
- ^ National Gallery of Art. (2022). "Overview". Pont Neuf, Paris. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
External links
- Pont Neuf, Paris, 1872 at the National Gallery of Art
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- Portrait of William Sisley (1864)
- Mother Anthony's Tavern (1866)
- Diana (1867)
- Lise with a Parasol (1867)
- Frédéric Bazille at his Easel (1867)
- A Couple (Les Fiancés) (1868)
- In Summer (1868)
- Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne (1868)
- Léonard Renoir, The Artist's Father (1869)
- La Grenouillère (1869)
- A Nymph by a Stream (1869-70)
- L'Algérienne (1870)
- La Promenade (1870)
- Bather with a Griffon Dog (1870)
- Woman with Parakeet (1871)
- The Harem (1872)
- Le Pont-Neuf (1872)
- Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil (1873)
- La Parisienne (1874)
- La Loge (1874)
- The Grand Boulevards (1875)
- Portrait of the Painter Claude Monet (1875)
- In the Garden - Under the Arbour at the Moulin de la Galette (1875)
- Woman with a Cat (1875)
- Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876)
- Nude woman sitting on a couch (Anna) (1876)
- The Swing (1876)
- A Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
- Mother and Children (1876)
- At the Theatre (1876-1877)
- Eugène Murer (1877)
- The Day Dream (1877)
- The Cup of Chocolate (1878)
- Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children (1878)
- Portrait of Jeanne Samary (1878)
- Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (1879)
- Paysage Bords de Seine (1879)
- Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers (La Petite Irène) (1880)
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
- Pink and Blue (1881)
- Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (1881)
- Young Women in Black (1880-1882)
- Blonde Bather (1881 and 1882)
- The Umbrellas (1880–81, 1885–86)
- By the Seashore (1883)
- Dance at Bougival (1883)
- Dance in the City (1883)
- Dance in the Country (1883)
- Les Grandes Baigneuses (1884–1887)
- Nature morte: fleurs (1885)
- The Braid (1886-1887)
- Young Woman with a Blue Ribbon (1888)
- Girls at the Piano (1892)
- Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano (1897)
- Woman Playing a Guitar (1897)
- Gabrielle with Open Blouse (1907)
- Nude (1910)
- After the Bath (1910)
- The Coast at Cagnes, Sea, Mountains (c. 1910)
- Portrait of Ambroise Vollard in a Red Headscarf (1911)
- The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes (c. 1908–1914)
- Blond Girl with a Rose (1915–1917)
- Portrait of Adèle Besson (1918)
- The Bathers (1918–19)
- Venus Victorious (c. 1914)
- A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
- Bazille's Studio (1870 painting)
- The Impressionists (2006 series)
- Renoir (2012 film)
- Aline Charigot (wife)
- Lucienne Bisson (daughter)
- Pierre Renoir (son)
- Jean Renoir (son)
- Claude Renoir (son)
- Claude Renoir (grandson)
- Alain Renoir (grandson)
- Pierre Roland Renoir (great-grandson)
- Sophie Renoir (great-granddaughter)
- Musée de Montmartre, home and studio
- Gabrielle Renard (nanny, later model)
- Lise Tréhot
- Marguerite Legrand
- Catherine Hessling
- Richard Guino
- Jeanne Samary
- Suzanne Valadon
- Henriette Henriot
- Jane Henriot (child model)
- Raoul Rigault
- Jeanne Baudot (his only student)
- Maison Fournaise
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