Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Theater Box, 1874 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London




Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( 1841–1919) 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." More...

La loge (The Theater Box) is an 1874 oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, considered one of his masterpieces. It is part of the collection at Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

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