In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
More than any painter of his generation, Renoir is often criticized for his presentation of women as purely corporeal creatures devoid of psychological dimension. Here, the woman's ample body fills the canvas and seems to exist purely for the visual pleasure of the viewer. She is in perfect harmony with nature; note how her body rhymes with the curves of the mountains in the background.
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Auguste Renoir — Nude
Auguste Renoir — Bather Arranging Her Hair
Auguste Renoir — Young Girl Bathing
Lambert Sustris — Liggende Venus
William Glackens — Sleeping Girl
Gustave Courbet — Nude with Flowering Branch
Henri Fantin-Latour — Reclining Nude
Gustave Courbet — The Young Bather
Auguste Renoir — A Young Girl with Daisies
George Frederic Watts — Ariadne
John Collier — Circe
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot — The Repose
