The Braid
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Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Year | 1886-1887 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 57 cm × 47 cm (22 in × 19 in) |
Location | Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland |
The Braid, also known as Femme se coiffant, La Natte, or Girl Braiding Her Hair, is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, created between 1886 and 1887 during his so-called dry or Ingres period.[1]
Renoir traveled to Italy in 1881, where he viewed the masterpieces of Raphael. He returned home, and by 1883, he began to think he had "exhausted Impressionism". He started to use more detailed brushstrokes and pursued structure in his overall work, breaking with his previous style and returning to the Neoclassicism of painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.[1]
French painter Suzanne Valadon was the model for the woman in the painting, but her appearance was changed by Renoir to appear Italian.[2] Valadon was a model for many of Renoir's works, including Dance in the City (1883), Dance at Bougival (1883), Portrait of Suzanne Valadon (1885), and Suzanne Valadon (1885). The painting is held by the Museum Langmatt.
References
- ^ a b Feist, Peter H. (2000). Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony. Taschen. pp. 54-67. ISBN 3-8228-6328-9.
- ^ Preiswerk-Lösel, Eva-Maria (ed.) (2005). A Home for the Impressionists: The Langmatt Museum. The Sidney and Jenny Brown Foundation, Baden, Switzerland. Hatje Cantz. pp. 34, 127-128. ISBN 978-3-7757-1018-3
External links
- Description at the Museum Langmatt.
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- A Nymph by a Stream (1869-70)
- L'Algérienne (1870)
- La Promenade (1870)
- Bather with a Griffon Dog (1870)
- Woman with Parakeet (1871)
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- Le Pont-Neuf (1872)
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- The Grand Boulevards (1875)
- Portrait of the Painter Claude Monet (1875)
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- Woman with a Cat (1875)
- Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876)
- Nude woman sitting on a couch (Anna) (1876)
- The Swing (1876)
- A Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
- Mother and Children (1876)
- At the Theatre (1876-1877)
- Eugène Murer (1877)
- The Day Dream (1877)
- The Cup of Chocolate (1878)
- Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children (1878)
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- Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (1879)
- Paysage Bords de Seine (1879)
- Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers (La Petite Irène) (1880)
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
- Pink and Blue (1881)
- Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (1881)
- Young Women in Black (1880-1882)
- Blonde Bather (1881 and 1882)
- The Umbrellas (1880–81, 1885–86)
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- Dance at Bougival (1883)
- Dance in the City (1883)
- Dance in the Country (1883)
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- Nature morte: fleurs (1885)
- The Braid (1886-1887)
- Young Woman with a Blue Ribbon (1888)
- Girls at the Piano (1892)
- Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano (1897)
- Woman Playing a Guitar (1897)
- Gabrielle with Open Blouse (1907)
- Nude (1910)
- After the Bath (1910)
- The Coast at Cagnes, Sea, Mountains (c. 1910)
- Portrait of Ambroise Vollard in a Red Headscarf (1911)
- The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes (c. 1908–1914)
- Blond Girl with a Rose (1915–1917)
- Portrait of Adèle Besson (1918)
- The Bathers (1918–19)
- Venus Victorious (c. 1914)
- A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
- Bazille's Studio (1870 painting)
- The Impressionists (2006 series)
- Renoir (2012 film)
- Aline Charigot (wife)
- Lucienne Bisson (daughter)
- Pierre Renoir (son)
- Jean Renoir (son)
- Claude Renoir (son)
- Claude Renoir (grandson)
- Alain Renoir (grandson)
- Pierre Roland Renoir (great-grandson)
- Sophie Renoir (great-granddaughter)
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- Gabrielle Renard (nanny, later model)
- Lise Tréhot
- Marguerite Legrand
- Catherine Hessling
- Richard Guino
- Jeanne Samary
- Suzanne Valadon
- Henriette Henriot
- Jane Henriot (child model)
- Raoul Rigault
- Jeanne Baudot (his only student)
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