In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Renoir painted many depictions of nude female figures drying off after a bath. Here he has posed one of his favorite models, Gabrielle Renard, recognizable by her dark locks and bold eyebrows. Renoir loved painting skin lit up by the sun. The bright white towel accentuates the complex mix of pinkish flesh tones; notes of lavender hint at veins just below the body's surface.
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Auguste Renoir — Nude
Auguste Renoir — Bather Arranging Her Hair
Auguste Renoir — Young Girl Bathing
William Glackens — Sleeping Girl
Jules Pascin — Nude Seated on a Chair
Camille Pissarro — The Bather
Gustave Courbet — Nude with Flowering Branch
Arthur B. Davies — Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night
L. Nicolas — Nimf
Edgar Degas — Woman Combing Her Hair
Paul Cézanne — Four Bathers (Quatre baigneuses)
Edgar Degas — Woman Drying Her Arm
