Woman in an Armchair by Renoir

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Mark Cartwright
by Detroit Institute of Arts
published on 10 May 2022
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An 1874 oil on canvas, Woman in an Armchair, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Renoir was expert at relaxing his sitter and extracting from them a natural pose. He frequently used young women from the lower classes as models. (Detroit Institute of Arts, U.S.A.)

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