Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Auguste Renoir
(1841-1919)
at the 3rd impressionist exposition in 1877
an impression of his paintings
Which pictures did Renoir exhibit in 1877?
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the 21 paintings that were shown by Auguste Renoir at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877 (catalogue numbers 185-205). Most prominent was his masterpiece Ball at the Moulin de la Galette . Many other pictures were portraits and figure paintings. It was nice to discover that two quite unknown works, did fit descriptions in the reviews (no.196+197). I will render the pictures by format and thematicaly. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
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.
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: 3IE-1877-195, La Seine à Champrosay =1876, The Banks of the Seine at Champrosay, 55×66, Orsay (iR6;R30,no256;R90II,p82+101;R2,p106+238;R31,p207;M1). Caillebotte bequest.
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-196, La place Saint-George =? 1875ca, Place de la Trinite, Paris, 50×61, private (iRx;R30,no196;R2,p206;R90I,p180;R88I,p93) =? Rejected Caillebotte bequest, La Place Saint-Georges.
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-197, Coucher de soleil =? 18xx, view of Montmartre, xx, xx (iR10;iR64;iR2;R2,p206;R90I,p180;R88I,p93) =? Rejected bequest of Caillebotte, Vue de Montmartre.
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-199, Jardin. Uncertain option 1: 1875, Woman with a Parasol in a Garden, 54×65, MNTB Madrid (iR2;M100;R30,no199;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-199, Jardin. Uncertain option 2: 1873, Women in a garden, 55×66, A2007/11/07 (iR11;cpR30,no105;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-198, Jardin. Uncertain option 1: 1876, CR193, The Garden in the Rue Cortot at Montmartre, 151×97, Carnegie Pittsburgh (iRx;R16,p284;R31,no38;R2,p206;R108,no193;M35)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-198, Jardin. Uncertain option 2: 1876, Conversation in a Rose Garden, xx, private (iRx;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-198, Jardin. Uncertain option 3: 1876, The conversation (Spring), 61×50, Axx (iR10;iR6;iR13;R30,no239;R2,p206) Location: Rue Cortot
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-201, Bouquet de fleurs de champs. Uncertain option 1: 1866ca, Flowers in a Vase, 81×65, NGA Washington (iR2;R2,p206;M21)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-201, Bouquet de fleurs de champs. Uncertain option 2: 1866, Spring Bouquet, 104×80, Harvard Cambridge (iRx;R30,no12;R2,p206;M32)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-201, Bouquet de fleurs de champs. Uncertain option 3: 1876ca, Bouquet in front of a Mirror, 93×72, private (iRx;R30,no267;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-204, Dahlias. Compare 1: 1869, mixed flowers in an earthware pot, 65×54, MFA Boston (iR7;R30,no36;R2,p206;M22)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-204, Dahlias. Compare 2: 18xx, Dahlias (2), xx, xx (iR10;iR114;R2,p206;R90I,p180)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-204, Dahlias. Compare 3: 18xx, Dahlias, xx, xx (iR10;iR114;R2,p206;R90I,p180)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-187, Portrait de madame G.C. (appartient à M. G. Charpentier) = 1876-77ca, CR226, First Portrait of Madame Georges Charpentier,
46×38, Orsay (iRx;R30,no269;R90II,p81+100;R2,p206;R108,no226;M1)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-188, Portrait de mademoiselle G. C. (app. à M.G. Charpentier) = 1876, CR178, Georgette Charpentier Seated, 98×73, private (iRx;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206;R108,no178;R30,no257)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-189, Portrait de madame A. D. (app. à M. A. D.) =1876, CR163, Mme Alphonse Daudet, 47×37, Orsay (R30,p50=no255;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206;R108,no163;M1) =?? 2IE-1876-222, Portrait de Mme D…
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-190, Portrait de M. Sisley =1876, CR117, Alfred Sisley, 66×55, AI Chicago (iR10;iR74;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206+237;R108,no117;R30,no138;M20)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-191, portrait de Mademoiselle S. = CR229, 1877, Portrait d’actrice Jeanne Samary,
56×47, Pushkin (iR7;iR2;iR22;iR52;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206;R108,no229;R30,no282;R31,p197;M96)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-192, Portrait de M. S… =1877ca, CR71, Jacques-Eugène Spuller, 46×39, A2011/06/22 (iR11;iR15;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206;R108,no71;R30,no201)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-193, Jeune fille =? 1875ca, The Sewer, 65×54, A2010/11/02 (iRx;iR11;R30,no195;R2,p206;R90I,p129)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-193, Jeune fille =?? 1876, CR172, Young Woman Braiding Her Hair (portrait Mlle Muller), 55×46, NGA Washington (M21;R30,no222;R31,no42;R2,p206;R108,no172)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-194, femme assise =?? 1876ca, CR190, Mme Henriëtte Henriot in white, 66×50, NGA Washington (iRx;R30,no216;R2,p206;R108,no190;R15,no419;M21)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-200, Tête de jeune fille. Uncertain option 1: 1876, Margot, xx, private (iRx;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-200, Tête de jeune fille. Uncertain option 2: 1876, Portrait of a Young Woman, 27×22, private (iRx;R30,no265;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-200, Tête de jeune fille. Uncertain option 3: 1876, Nini Lopez, 26×22, A2002/06/25 (iRx;iR11;R30,no260;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-200, Tête de jeune fille. Uncertain option 4: 1877, Head of a young girl, 32×26, private (iR10;iR6;R30,no306;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-202, Deux têtes =?? 1876, Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Blue Scarf (Mme Henriot), 41×33, private (iRx;R30,no217) + 1877, George Rivière, 37×29, NGA Washington (iRx;R30,no301) (R2,p206;R90I,p176+180)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-203, Deux têtes =?? 1877, Portrait of a Young Woman, 18×14, private (iRx) + 1877ca, Portrait du Baron Barbier, 18×16, A2018/10/18 (iR14;R30,no276) (R2,p206;R90I,p176+180)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-202, Deux têtes =? 1876ca, Young Man and Young Woman, 31×45, Orangerie (iRx;R30,no241;R2,p206;R90I,p176+180;M3)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-203, deux têtes. Compare: 1877ca, Two young maiden heads, 47×54, Marlborough London (R30,p103=no272;R2,p206;R90I,p176+180)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-205, Portrait d’enfant. Uncertain option 1: 1876ca, Child with an apple (Mlle de La Pommeray), 40×32, A2015/05/06 (iRx;iR11;R30,no227;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-205, Portrait d’enfant. Uncertain option 2: 1876, Girl with a pink feather, 47×41, Niarchos coll Paris (iR52;R30,no236;R2,p206)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-205, Portrait d’enfant. Uncertain option 3: 1876, CR179, Jeanne Durand-Ruel, 112×75, Barnes Philadelphia (iRx;R30,no229;R174,p49;R2,p206;R108,no179;M25)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-205, Portrait d’enfant. Uncertain option 4: 1877, CR247, Paul Meunier, 46×36, private (iRx;R30,no291;R2,p206;R108,no247)
Explication:
See link for an account of my choices (with references, info, discussion, location on Google-maps). My main sources are Moffett (=R2), Berson (R90II), Dony (R30) and Raeburn (R31). Often the indentification of a painting is ‘uncertain’. Sometimes I render more than one option. Sometimes to ‘compare’ another picture is given that is (probably) similar to the painting that was exhibited. For explanation of the subscriptions, see here . My main sources for the pictures are the-athenaeum.org (=iR2), WikiCommons (=iR6) and Google images (=iR10). Sometimes I forgot the source (=iRx). For references to the additional sources (=aR) see at the bottom of the main page about Auguste Renoir .
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