1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Claude Renoir, with Lowered Head is a 1880 ink by Auguste Renoir, a Impressionism work, depicting Infant, held at National Gallery of Art.
This shows a young woman in profile, her head bowed and chin resting on her hand. She wears a simple dress, her hair loose. The artist used fine, wavy lines to give her a soft, gentle look. This is a lithograph, a print made from drawing on stone. Back then, lithography let artists make many copies fast. You can see the paper’s slight texture under the ink. It reminds me of Renoir’s later paintings. See for yourself at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, the son of a tailor and a seamstress.
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