Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne, c. 1868 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir captures a crowded winter afternoon on a frozen lake in Paris's Bois de Boulogne park, with skaters, strollers, and onlookers bundled in dark coats beneath a pale, wintry sky. Renoir, the French Impressionist celebrated for his luminous figure studies and scenes of Parisian leisure, painted this rare snow landscape en plein air during the bitter winter of 1868.

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). Date: c. 1868.

Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne. Impressionist Winter Landscape Canvas Print.