Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-186, Bal du moulin de la Galette = 1876, CR209, Bal du Moulin de la Galette, 131×175, Orsay (iR10;iR8;R30,no249;R31,no40;R90II,p81+100;R2,p188;R2,p206+236;R108,no209;M1) =Caillebotte bequest.
Leaves filtered light:
A distinctive characteristic of the impressionist painting style is the rendering of leaves filtered light. The effect of sunlight shining through the foliage of bushes and trees is depicted by using warmer colours for the lighter parts and cooler colours (blue and purple) for the shadow parts. Namely Renoir was a master in the technique, but I also render examples of Monet and Giuseppe de Nittis.
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-212, Étude = CR201, 1876ca, Study, torso of a woman in the sunlight, 81×65, Orsay (iR52;R2,p184+184;R90II,p44+62;R108,no201;R30,no204;M1)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-185, La Balançoire (app. à M. C…) =1876, CR202, The swing, 92×73, Orsay (iR52;R90II,p81+100;R2,p206+234;R108,no202;R8,p320;R32,p37;R30,no242;R31,no39;M1) Caillebotte bequest.
Auguste Renoir: 7IE-1882-157, Jardin Desaix à Alger =1881-82, The Jardin d’Essai in Algiers, 81×65, private Paris (iRx;R30,no514;R90II,p211+232;R2,p395)
Auguste Renoir: 1890ca, CR585, The Apple Seller, 66×55, Cleveland MA (iR2;iR22;R31,no87;R108,no585;M27)
Giuseppe de Nittis: 1864, DMM2, SDbr, Meeting at the forest of Portici, ow, 12×27, CM Viareggio (iR6;R277,no2;R422,c8)
Claude Monet: 1873, CR204, SDbl, Lilacs in the sun, 50×65, Pushkin (iR10;R2,p205;R22+R127,CR204;M96,no.3311) Provenance: 1873/02 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =?? 3IE-1877-113; =DR1899-3.
Compare post-Impressionists:
Maurice Denis (1870-1943): 1890, SDbr, Spots of sunlight on the terrace, 24×21, Orsay (iR2;M1)
Sources:
Note: in the future I will add the most important sources I used.
