In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
A woman in summer dress moves through a verdant landscape; a network of dappled rainbow brushstrokes unite figure and ground. Indeed, Renoir described his late-career ambition to merge his figures with their surroundings: "I'm struggling with my figures in order to make them one with the landscape that serves as their background," adding, "The artists of the past have never attempted this."
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Auguste Renoir — Picking Flowers
Auguste Renoir — Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez)
Auguste Renoir — Woman in a Park
William Glackens — Lenna with Basket of Flowers
Auguste Renoir — Woman Standing by a Tree
Berthe Morisot — Young Woman with a Straw Hat
Georges Seurat — Figures in a Landscape
Georges Seurat — Study of Figures for "La Grande Jatte"