Seated Female Nude (Femme nue assise)
- MAKER:
Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( French, 1841 - 1919 )
- DATE:
- 1906
General Description
By using clean outlines and minimal shading, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts his figure simply and clearly. The woman is similar to classical sculpture of ancient Greece, with the drapery over her lap and averted eyes; however, she is much larger than the ancient ideal, or the contemporary ideal for that matter. The lack of specificity of the image—a nondescript landscape, a nude figure—contrasts with the solidity and full-bodied flesh of a real woman.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2008.
Web Resources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Read a biography of Renoir.