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La Grenouillère, c. 1869 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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La Grenouillère, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir around 1869 captures the shimmering light, movement, and sociable pleasure of a favourite riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, where fashionable Parisians stroll beneath the trees while bathers gather on the moored platform and a small sailboat crosses the water. Renoir and Claude Monet set up their easels side by side at La Grenouillère in the summer of 1869, each producing rapid, broken-brushwork studies of the scene that are now considered among the founding works of Impressionism. The painting's dappled shade, sparkling reflections, and spontaneous touch mark a decisive break from academic tradition toward direct observation of modern leisure.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: c. 1869.
La Grenouillère, c. 1869 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Founding Impressionist Wall Art Canvas Print.