The Luncheon (Le Déjeuner), 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Luncheon, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1879, gathers a small group around a sunlit café table strewn with glassware and fruit, an intimate prelude to the great Luncheon of the Boating Party two years later. The loose, sparkling brushwork defines Renoir’s late-1870s manner, by which point he had perfected his treatment of bourgeois leisure among cafés, terraces, and outdoor gatherings. The work remains one of the most beloved depictions of the modern gathering at table in nineteenth-century French painting.

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1879.

The Luncheon, 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Intimate Café Wall Art Canvas Print.