The Cleveland Museum of Art
Peasant Girl with Dog
Description
During the last decades of his career, Renoir worked prolifically in red chalk, which was used to develop a loose and sketchy style. In this drawing, the artist attempted to recapture the spontaneity that characterized Impressionist art a few decades earlier. By showing a young girl seated resting peacefully alongside a bale of hay, he idealized rural French life.
Provenance
Max Silberberg, Breslau; (possibly Paul Cassirer, Berlin); (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
31 × 24.1 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1949.551
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
Drawings • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery