Andrée in a Hat, Reading (Andrée en chapeau, lisant)
c. 1918
Oil on canvas
40.8 × 50.2 cm (16.1 × 19.8 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 09, South Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Andrée Heuschling, known as Dédée at the time, was Renoir's last model. She posed for him from 1917 to 1919 in many different settings, costumes, and states of dress. The teenage Dédée inspired a final prolific period of painting for the aging, arthritic artist. Renoir enthused that her skin "took the light" better than any other model. Here she poses for him in a traditional scene of a woman reading; he complements her rosy skin with a pink robe and flowered hat set against a green-tinted background.
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