Pinning the Hat
1898
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, the son of a tailor and a seamstress.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Pinning the Hat is a 1898 by Auguste Renoir, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A young girl in a white dress adjusts a wide-brimmed hat, her fingers busy with the ribbon. Renoir painted this same moment many times—here, he worked with a printer to layer colors like a watercolor. The girl is Julie, daughter of another painter, Berthe Morisot. The loose, soft lines feel like a quick sketch, but it took careful planning to get the colors just right. If you like this, look up *impasto*—a technique where paint is laid on thick, almost like butter.
Pinning the Hat was a favorite subject for Auguste Renoir, and several versions exist including an 1893 painting and later variations in pastel, etching, and lithography. Renoir's models were Julie Morisot (daughter of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot [1841-1895]) and her cousin. To produce the range of colors in this print, Renoir worked with the master printer Auguste Clot. The artist drew a design on a lithographic stone and then colored a proof impression as guidance for Clot, who then printed each tone separately.
Auguste Clot, the master printer of this lithograph, worked with many of the artists of Auguste Renoir's time, including Edgar Degas and Pierre Bonnard.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, the son of a tailor and a seamstress.
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