In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
It is difficult to tell whether the scene takes place in a private Parisian garden or whether the women are in the countryside. What is clear is that Renoir here was painting en plein air , bringing his canvas outdoors to work directly before his subject. He is especially attentive to the shifting conditions of the natural world: the dress of the foreground figure is a swirl of colors, with brushstrokes indicating shadows from perhaps a tree or a cloud passing overhead.
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Auguste Renoir — Madame Monet and Her Son
Édouard Manet — The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteu
Édouard Manet — In the Garden
Edouard Manet — The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteu
Auguste Renoir — In the Meadow
Édouard Manet — The Croquet Game
Édouard Manet — Madame Manet in the Conservatory
Claude Monet — Camille in the Garden with Jean and a Maid
John Singer Sargent — Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a
Édouard Manet — A Garden Nook at Bellevue
Claude Monet — In the Woods at Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé at 
Claude Monet — Ladies in Flowers
