Pierre Renoir
1893
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1893
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The painting shows Pierre Renoir, a man with a calm face. He's dressed nicely and looks straight at us. The artist made this lithograph in 1893, which is a way of printing an image using stone or metal. This technique was popular back then, and artists used it to make many copies of their work. The lithograph is special because it's a simple portrait, but it still tells us a lot about the person. We can see what he wore and how he looked, which can give us clues about his life. To learn more about this kind of art, look up the technique: lithography.
