The Frick Collection presents in New York City an exhibition of nine Impressionst paintings by Pierre – Auguste Renoir. The project is inspired by Renoir’s La Promenade (1875 - 76), which is considered the most important work in The Frick Collection.
The paintings reveales the most ambitious presentations of contemporary subjects and are today considered masterpieces of Impressionism.
The painters who joined forces in Paris during the early 1870s to organize the Impressionist group exhibitions in defiance of the official Salon—chief among whom were Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Cézanne—enjoyed a certain notoriety at the Salons of the previous decade.
To make an impact, these young artists were encouraged to paint works of a certain scale and vigor: works that today might be described as having wall power. The largescale format was especially congenial to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who, as an eighteen-year-old apprentice, had painted full-length images of the Virgin and Child in imitation of stained glass windows. Despite the speed with which Renoir worked and his lack of conventional finish, he was attentive to details.
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February 9, 2012
