Study of a Child
Artist
Pierre Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
Dateca. 1905
MediumConte crayon on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (24.8 x 19.4 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2754
Terms
- Girl
- Red
On View
Not on viewLabel TextPierre-Auguste Renoir French (1841-1919) Study of a Child, ca. 1905 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2754 From the time that he settled in Cagnes in southern France in 1903, Renoir delighted in making studies of his family and household. All three of his sons had long hair as children, and it is often difficult to distinguish one from the other in Renoir's portraits of them. Executed in the artist's characteristic soft red chalk style, the Chrysler's contemplative study of a child seems to represent Renoir's youngest son Claude, who was born in August 1901 and nicknamed Coco. The drawing's poetic aura of dreamy innocence typifies Renoir's depictions of childhood, as seen also in his Le Chapeau Épinglé on view in the same gallery.
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