Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875, Oil on canvas, Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late nineteenth century. Renoir alludes to this kind of activity here, presenting three well-dressed figures relaxing near a tree. The woman in the foreground is Henriette Henriot, a minor actress and one of Renoir's favorite models during the 1870s. At left, scrawling in his notebook, is the artist's brother, Edmond Renoir. As with so many of Renoir's canvases from the impressionist period, the handling

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