The Daughters of Durand Ruel, Marie-Thérèse and Jeanne
Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841 - 1919)
CultureFrench
Date1882
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions32 × 25 3/4 in. (81.3 × 65.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/2 × 36 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (108 × 93 × 11.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/2 × 36 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (108 × 93 × 11.7 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower right: Renoir '82
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in memory of Thelma Chrysler Foy
Object number71.518
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 217
Label TextPierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841–1919 The Daughters of Durand-Ruel, 1882 Oil on canvas Dozens of colors come together to evoke the dazzling effect of sunlight on these girls’ white dresses. Despite the quick brushstrokes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir did not sacrifice details for effect. He carefully rendered the laces of the girls’ boots, the younger sitter’s black ribbon necklace, and even the flower on the brim of the straw bonnet. An Impressionist masterpiece, the double portrait depicts the daughters of Paul Durand-Ruel—a Parisian art dealer who championed the work of artists like Renoir. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in memory of Thelma Chrysler Foy 71.518 ProvenancePaul Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1882-1921; Mme André-Felix Aude (née Marie Thérèse Durand-Ruel), Paris; to the Comtesse de Brecey (née Madeleine Aude, daughter of Mrs. André-Felix Aude née Marie-Thérèse Durand-Ruel); purchased by Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1938; to Mrs. Byron C. Foy, New York, 1944-1957; estate of Thelma Chrysler Foy, 1957-1959; Foy sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 13, 15-16, 1959; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, 1971.Exhibition History"Renoir," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, April 1-25, 1883. "Renoir," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, May 1892. "Tableaux de Renoir, Monet, Pissarro et Sisley," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, April 1899. "Renoir," Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Feb. - March 1912. "Portraits par Renoir," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 5 - 20, 1912. "Renoir," Galerie Thannhauser, Munich, Germany, Jan. 19 - Feb. 13, 1913. "Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts," Kunsthaus, Zurich, Oct. 5 - Nov. 14, 1917. "Renoir," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Nov. 29 - Dec. 18, 1920. "Renoir," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, March 23 - April 29, 1950. "Masterpieces from Museums and Private Collections," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, Nov. 8 - Dec. 15, 1951. "Art Treasures Exhibition," Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 1955, No. 359. "Renoir," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, April 8 - May 10, 1958. "French Paintings 1789-1929 from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Dayton Art Institute, March 25 - May 22, 1960. (Exhib. cat. no. 63). "The Controversial Century 1850-1950," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1962. "Four Masters of Impressionism," Acquavella Galleries, New York, Oct. 24 - Nov. 30, 1968, cat. no. 32. "The Past Rediscovered: French Painting 1800-1900," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 3 - Sept. 7, 1969, cat. no. 72. "Renoir," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, March 27 - May 3, 1969. "Faces from the World of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, Nov. 2 - Dec. 9, 1972. "Paintings by Renoir," Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 3 - April 1, 1973. "Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, June 12 - Sept. 5, 1977. (Exhib. cat. no. 41). "Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," for the benefit of The Chrysler Museum Art Reference Library, Wildenstein & Co., New York, N. Y., April 13 - May 13, 1978. (Exhib. cat. no. 24). "French Paintings from The Chrysler Museum," North Carolina Museum of Art, May 31 - Sept. 14, 1986; Birmingham Museum of Art, Nov. 6, 1986 - Jan. 18, 1987. (Exhib. cat. no. 38). "Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age," National Gallery of Canada, June 27 - September 14, 1997; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 14, 1997 - January 4, 1998; Kimbell Art Museum, February 8 - April 26, 1998. (Exhib. cat. no. 44). "In the Open Air: Impressionism and Its Influences," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, March 25 - June 5, 2005. "Upstairs/Downstairs: Masterpieces from the Chrylser Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 10 - December 30, 2012. "Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, April 9, 2013 - February 2, 2014. "Paul Durand-Ruel," Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France, October 15, 2014 - February 8, 2015; National Gallery, London, England, March 4 - May 31, 2015; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, June 18 - September 13, 2015. "Renoir: Rococo Revival," Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, March 2 – June 19, 2022.Published ReferencesAmbroise Vollard, _Renoir: an intimate record_ (New York: A.A. Knopf, 1934). "Renoir," loan exhib. cat., Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1951, no. 41. "Loan Exhibition Renoir," exhib. cat., Wildenstein Gallery, New York City, Ny., 1958, 54, no. 40. Sales Catalogue No. 1905, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., May 15-16, 1959, 39. "New York Times," May 14, 1959. "New York Herald Tribune," May 14, 1959. Priscilla C. Colt and Charles H. Elam, _French Paintings 1789-1929 from the collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._, exh. cat, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Oh., 1960, no. 63. Charles F. Comfort and William S.A. Dale, _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Ma., 1962, not paged. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._, exh. cat., Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, Tn., 1977, no. 41. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_, exh. cat., Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1978, no. 24. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_ (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 63. Thomas E. Norton, foreword by Douglas Dillon, _100 Years of Collecting in America: The Story of Sotheby Parke Bernet_ (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1984), 171. Barbara Ehrlich White, _Renoir: His Life, Art and Letters_ (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984), 128-129. ISBN: 0810915553 Jefferson C. Harrison, _French Paintings from The Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1986, no. 38. ISBN: 0-940744-54-6 Laura C. Lieberman, "Select Offerings: French Paintings From The Chrysler Museum," _Southern Accents_ 9, no. 6 (November 1986): 46-50. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991, 142-143, no. 113. ISBN: 0-940744-59-7, 0-940744-62-7 Colin B. Bailey, _Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age_, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1997, 190-197, 202. Christie's London, _Impressionist & Nineteenth Century Art_, auction cat., Tuesday, June 29, 1999, London, England, 36. John House and Sona Johnston, _Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections_ (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1999), 156. Barbara Dayer Gallati, "William Merritt Chase and the French Connection," _The Magazine Antiques_ CLVIII, no. 1 (July 2000): 74-83. Gilles Néret, _Renoir: Painter of Happiness_ (Köln, Germany: Taschen, 2001), 206. Professor Takao Okamura, "Renoir" (Special Edition) _Shukan Bijutsukan [The Weekly Museum]_ (January 30, 2001): 37. Paul Clancy, _Historic Hampton Roads: Where America Began_ (San Antonio, TX: Historical Publishing Network, 2006), 34, 78 & 215. ISBN: 9781893619654 Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), Cover & 47, fig. 46. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 Martha Lucy and John House, _Renoir in the Barnes Foundation_ (Yale University Press, 2012), 87, fig. 1. Susan Jaques, _A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America's Hidden Art Museums_, (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2012), 126-127. Sylvie Patry, ed. _Paul Durand-Ruel: Le Pari de L'Impressionnisme_ (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, in conjunction with Musée du Luxembourg, 2014) 36-37, 185, fig. 20. Caroline Le Got, "Renoir portraitiste attritré de la famille Durand-Ruel," _Beaux Arts éditions_, October 2014, 16-17. Sylvie Patry, ed., _Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market_ (London: The National Gallery Company with Yale University Press, 2015) p. 45, fig. 24. _Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists and the Man Who Made Them_, DVD. Directed by Phil Grabsky (Brighton, UK: Seventh Art Productions, 2015).
