In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
Eva Gonzalès’s subjects were most often women engaged in activities such as reading, knitting, or filling a vase with flowers. This pastel of a milliner, or hat-maker, shows the figure handling the trimmings that will eventually be used to decorate a hat. Millinery was a popular subject for the Impressionists, given their interest in fashion and scenes from modern life.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — The guitar player
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
