Young Girl in a Blue Dress ca. 1890 Auguste Renoir French This watercolor is a masterpiece of spontaneous portraiture. The precise layering of watercolor and gouache creates delicate tonal variations in the context of a particularly unforgiving medium. Renoir’s deft handling of his watercolors brings the figure vibrantly to life. The sitter, who appears in several works by Renoir, may be Aline Charigot, the woman he married in 1885 and the mother of his first son, Young Girl in a Blue Dress. Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer). ca. 1890. Watercolor with gouache h
Young Girl in a Blue Dress ca. 1890 Auguste Renoir French This watercolor is a masterpiece of spontaneous portraiture. The precise layering of watercolor and gouache creates delicate tonal variations in the context of a particularly unforgiving medium. Renoir’s deft handling of his watercolors brings the figure vibrantly to life. The sitter, who appears in several works by Renoir, may be Aline Charigot, the woman he married in 1885 and the mother of his first son, Young Girl in a Blue Dress. Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer). ca. 1890. Watercolor with gouache highlights on thick cream wove paper. Drawings
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