In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious exchanges among a group of young Parisians gathered outside a music school. One man gently nudges his friend into conversation with a woman holding a scroll of paper, likely a piece of sheet music. The artist arranged the seemingly random grouping carefully, using members of his bohemian circle as models. While the painting dates to Renoir's impressionist period, its large scale suggests that he may have intended it for the Salon.
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Camille Pissarro — The Poultry market, Pontoise
Isaac Israels — In the Bois de Boulogne near Paris
Edgar Degas — Le Café-concert aux ambassadeurs
Julius LeBlanc Stewart — The Baptism
George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834–1896)
Eva Gonzalès — A Box at the Theatre des Italiens
Édouard Manet — Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier
Eva Gonzalès — The Donkey Ride
George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834–1896)
Alexandre Lunois (French, 1863–1916) — The Letter (La Lettre
Édouard Manet — At the Père Lathuille Restaurant
Édouard Manet — At the Café
