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The Apple Seller

c. 1890

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 93 x 82.2 x 9.5 cm (36 5/8 x 32 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 65.8 x 54.5 cm (25 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.47
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Location
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Using repetitive, soft, light-of-touch brushstrokes to form patches of color, Renoir creates a sense of dappled light that reflects on the ground and caresses the figures, giving the painting an ethereal, dreamlike quality.

Description

This painting depicts a young country girl offering apples to Renoir's wife, Aline. The boy in the straw hat may be the artist's nephew, Edmond, but the young girl with the ribbon in her hair has not been identified. Bathed in soft, dappled sunlight, the figures are united through the fluid brushstrokes that cover the canvas. The leaping dog provides an accent of humor and motion in an otherwise tranquil scene. The picture was probably completed at Essoyes, in eastern France.
Vertically-oriented oil painting with soft brushstrokes creating a hazy scene of a woman bending down from the left to show a basket of apples to a woman seated on the side of a dirt road, two children seated next to her, all with light skin tones. The apple sellers' clothes are muted, contrasting with the woman's white and children's pink and blue dresses. In the lower left, small dog looks up at the apples. Dappled light bathes the scene, hazy trees and greenery in the background.

The Apple Seller

c. 1890

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)
France, 19th century

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