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Young Woman in Red Dress
- c. 1892
- Oil on canvas
- 65.4 x 54.5 cm
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In this painting you can find the elements favored by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, such as “red color,” “beautiful clothes,” “young woman’s skin,” and “calmness.” The yellow hat, one of the elements that often appears in Renoir's painting, also plays a very important supporting part.
The early 1890s, when this work is thought to have been painted, was a time when Renoir was shifting from his “Ingresque” period (or dry period) to “pearly period,” a new style that he was establishing. He was taking a step forward that would eventually lead to the mature style of his later years. The realistic style with firm, precise lines of his dry period in the 1880s already disappeared from the surfaces of his works, and as can be seen in this work, the contours are more fluid, the clothes are tinged with tremulous tones, and both figures and backgrounds seem to blend in to the light. Here, we see a typical fruit-like “Renoir’s woman” with a soft, gentle gaze. The figure and background interact with each other, as if they are merging in the light. The perspective disappears, and the space is painted almost flat. The colors are not restricted to unique colors of objects. Representing the beauty of colors becomes the painter’s theme. This painting appeals to viewers with the radiance of the colors, not with the forms of objects.
As Jean Clay analyzed in her book Impressionism, these characteristics of Renoir's works can be said as the joy of a completely new visual experience that Impressionists acquired by deconstructing traditional painting techniques. This work has a history of having been sold to the public from the largest art dealers, such as the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune and the Galerie Durand-Ruel, who dealt with Renoir’s paintings.
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ARTIST
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(1841-1919)
Exhibit history
- Jul 28, 2023 (Fri)～Aug 27, 2023 (Sun)
Masterpieces of Modern Eastern and Western Painting Exhibition Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Ishikawa, Japan) - Sep 17, 2022 (Sat)～Nov 20, 2022 (Sun)
400 Years of Western Paintings - Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum - Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design (Toyama, Japan) - Jul 16, 2022 (Sat)～Sep 4, 2022 (Sun)
Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art (Kumamoto, Japan) - Mar 19, 2022 (Sat)～May 8, 2022 (Sun)
Masterpieces of European Paintings From Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Saga Prefectural Art Museum (Saga, Japan) - Oct 23, 2021 (Sat)～Dec 26, 2021 (Sun)
The 400 Years of Western Painting: Masterpieces From Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts (Tochigi, Japan) - Jul 9, 2021 (Fri)～Aug 29, 2021 (Sun)
400 Years of European Paintings: Masterpieces From Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (Okayama, Japan) - Dec 15, 2020 (Tue)～Jan 31, 2021 (Sun)
How to Read Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum (Okinawa, Japan) - Sep 12, 2020 (Sat)～Nov 3, 2020 (Tue)
400 Years of Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (Miyazaki, Japan) - Jul 22, 2020 (Wed)～Sep 6, 2020 (Sun)
400 Years of Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Oita, Japan) - Feb 20, 2020 (Thu)～Apr 12, 2020 (Sun)
How to Read Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan) - Nov 2, 2019 (Sat)～Dec 22, 2019 (Sun)
“Rendez-vous” through Arts―East Meets West― Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi (Osaka, Japan) - Sep 3, 2019 (Tue)～Oct 22, 2019 (Tue)
Masterpieces of European Paintings From Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum (Yamaguchi, Japan) - Jan 12, 2019 (Sat)～May 4, 2019 (Sat)
500 Years of Western Paintings: Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Shanghai PowerLong Museum (Shanghai, China) - Oct 23, 2018 (Tue)～Dec 23, 2018 (Sun)
500 Years of Western Paintings: Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tsinghua University Art Museum (Beijing, China) - Apr 29, 2017 (Sat)～Jun 25, 2017 (Sun)
The Collection of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum: East and West Encounters Niihama City Museum of Art (Ehime, Japan) - Jun 27, 2015 (Sat)～Aug 30, 2015 (Sun)
Feast of beauty: 300 years of Western Painting From Baroque, Rococo to Ecole de Paris Yawatahama Citizen Gallery (Ehime, Japan) - Apr 29, 2015 (Wed)～Jun 21, 2015 (Sun)
Feast of beauty: 300 years of Western Painting From Baroque, Rococo to Ecole de Paris The Tokushima Modern Art Museum (Tokushima, Japan) - Apr 5, 2014 (Sat)～Jun 22, 2014 (Sun)
French Ceramics at the Time of Impressionism 1866-1886 Maturity of Japonisme Shiodome Museum (Tokyo, Japan) - Dec 20, 2013 (Fri)～Feb 2, 2014 (Sun)
French Ceramics at the Time of Impressionism 1866-1886 Maturity of Japonisme Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (Okayama, Japan) - May 25, 2013 (Sat)～Sep 8, 2013 (Sun)
Renoir and Painters of the Twentieth Century National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taiwan) - Sep 29, 2012 (Sat)～Nov 4, 2012 (Sun)
The First Year of Fukushima Culture Restoration: Love, Life, Bond... Great Masters of Western Paintings -The 100 Masterpieces from the Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum- Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center (Fukushima, Japan) - Jul 9, 2011 (Sat)～Oct 10, 2011 (Mon)
Painting Light Aomori Museum of Art (Aomori, Japan) - Jan 20, 2010 (Wed)～Apr 5, 2010 (Mon)
Renoir: Tradition and Innovation The National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) - Aug 1, 2009 (Sat)～Sep 27, 2009 (Sun)
The Intersection of Paintings and Photographs Matsumoto City Museum of Art (Nagano, Japan) - Jul 14, 2007 (Sat)～Nov 25, 2007 (Sun)
Impressionists and Its Sources: Monet, Renoir, and Barbizon Masters Musee d'art Mercian KARUIZAWA (Nagano, Japan) - Apr 22, 2005 (Fri)～May 29, 2005 (Sun)
Impressionists and Great Masters of Western Paintings Yatsushiro Municipal Museum (Kumamoto, Japan) - Aug 1, 2003 (Fri)～Aug 31, 2003 (Sun)
A Great Masters of Impressionist and Modern Arts Iwate Prefectural Hall (Iwate, Japan) - Nov 8, 2002 (Fri)～Nov 24, 2002 (Sun)
Great Masters of Modern Paintings Nagasaki Prefectural Museum (Nagasaki, Japan) - Sep 7, 2002 (Sat)～Sep 29, 2002 (Sun)
Four Centuries of Occidental Paintings from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection SOGO Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) - Jul 20, 2002 (Sat)～Aug 31, 2002 (Sat)
Masterpieces of the East and West to Learn with Parents and Children Fuji Art Museum (Shizuoka, Japan) - Jun 7, 2002 (Fri)～Jun 23, 2002 (Sun)
Modern Western Oils and Engravings from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Fukui City Art Museum (Fukui, Japan) - May 11, 2002 (Sat)～Jun 2, 2002 (Sun)
Modern Western Painting Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture Reimeikan (Kagoshima, Japan) - Apr 13, 2002 (Sat)～May 6, 2002 (Mon)
Modern Western Oils and Engravings from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Urasoe Art Museum (Okinawa, Japan) - Oct 1, 2000 (Sun)～Dec 3, 2000 (Sun)
Masterpieces of Western Paintings from the Renaissance to the 20th Century National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei, Taiwan) - Jul 15, 1999 (Thu)～Aug 29, 1999 (Sun)
Renoir: Modern Eyes Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Hokkaido, Japan) - Oct 14, 1997 (Tue)～Nov 30, 1997 (Sun)
Masterpieces of Western Oil Painting from the TFAM Collection Hong Kong Museum of Art (Hong Kong, China) - Jun 14, 1997 (Sat)～Jul 7, 1997 (Mon)
400 Years of Art in the East and West—From the Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Ishikawa, Japan) - Jun 24, 1995 (Sat)～Sep 3, 1995 (Sun)
French Impressionism: Symphony of Light and Color Santillana Foundation (Santillana, Spain) - Oct 16, 1992 (Fri)～Nov 5, 1992 (Thu)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting: The Paintings in 20th Century from the Renaissance to Impressionism China Art Gallery (Beijing, China) - Nov 3, 1990 (Sat)～Dec 2, 1990 (Sun)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting Ho-Am Art Museum (Yongin-gun, Kyunggi-do, South Korea) - Sep 22, 1990 (Sat)～Oct 21, 1990 (Sun)
Masterpieces of European Oil Painting Ho-Am Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
Origin of collections
- Provenance:
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (1920)
Mr.Wihelm Weinberg, Scrasdale, New York (sale : Sotheby & Co., London, July 10, 1957, no.37)
Mrs.Sydney Bright, London, (aquired at the above sale)
Jean d’ Alayer France
Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York
Acquired from the above June 1, 1966
Exhibited :
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent Van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten, 1930, no.265
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Renoir, March-May 1969, no.76, illustrated in the catalogue
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