Seated Bather (1893)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) - Impressionism
Location: Lehmann Collection, NY, USA
”…Giving up linear style, Renoir adopts a more flexible and consistent construction, with more fluidity and effects of transparency. It is what one called the “pearly” period. This evolution of Renoir who approaches fifty is also due to the following fact: “He indeed realized, at that time, that his early paintings cracked and that the tone deteriorated. He thus supervised his mixtures, which he reduced, like Rubens, at a minimum, and used a thin and single layer “(Andre Lhote).” http://www.impressionniste.net
