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Peasant Girl with Dog

c. 1894

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(French, 1841–1919)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
red chalk
Support
Ivory modern laid paper, discolored
Measurements
Sheet: 31 x 24.1 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1949.551
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Location
Not on view
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The art historian John Rewald supposedly called this work "one of the two or three most beautiful Renoir drawings in America."

Description

During the last decades of his career, Renoir worked prolifically in red chalk, which was used to develop a loose and sketchy style. In this drawing, the artist attempted to recapture the spontaneity that characterized Impressionist art a few decades earlier. By showing a young girl seated resting peacefully alongside a bale of hay, he idealized rural French life.
A vertically oriented red chalk drawing, a monochromatic medium rendered in reddish-brown on tan paper, depicts a woman with light skin tone seated outdoors. Sketchy hatching defines her long-sleeved top and full skirt as she cradles a dog. She tilts her head right while another dog leaps in the lower right. Vertical trees, a haystack, and a distant figure frame the scene. The name Renoir is signed in the bottom-left corner.

Peasant Girl with Dog

c. 1894

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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

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