A Road in Louveciennes
This picture, which is in effect drawn directly with paint, was almost certainly executed out-of-doors about 1870. The site is in the village of Louveciennes, west of Paris, where Camille Pissarro lived and worked in 1869-70 and was inspired to paint the same motif, but from a different vantage point (National Gallery, London). At the time, Renoir was staying nearby with his parents, who had retired to Voisins.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Road in Louveciennes
- Artist: Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer)
- Date: ca. 1870
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 15 x 18 1/4 in. (38.1 x 46.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
- Object Number: 1974.356.32
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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