Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Leaving the Conservatory (La Sortie du conservatoire), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876–1877, Oil on canvas, Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious nature of this exchange among a group of young Parisians gathered outside a music school. One man gently nudges his friend into conversation with the woman holding a scroll of paper, likely a piece of sheet music. Though the scene is meant to look like a randomly observed moment, the grouping was in fact carefully composed by the artist, with members of his bohemian circle serving as models. The painting dates

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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