In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
A muse, tastemaker, and patron of the arts in turn-of-the-century Paris, Misia was a trained concert pianist from an artistic family of Polish-Belgian descent in Russia. Renoir portrays this famed beauty and salon hostess with a lush sensuality—her plunging neckline, accentuated with blossoms, shows off the pearlescent skin of her bust; the rounded cushion or sofa arm that she leans on echoes her soft curves; and a dog, strategically positioned, sits contentedly in her lap.
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Auguste Renoir — Madame Henriot
William Glackens — Seated Woman with Fur Neckpiece and Red B
Auguste Renoir — Nude
Auguste Renoir — Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971
Auguste Renoir — Suzanne Valadon
Auguste Renoir — Young Woman Braiding Her Hair
William Glackens — The Brunette
William Glackens — Woman Seated on Red Sofa
Auguste Renoir — Girl with a Basket of Oranges
William Glackens — Julia Reading
Auguste Renoir — Head of a Young Girl
Auguste Renoir — Young Girl Reading
