Sunday, February 12, 2017

Renoir at Auction II


Christie's 2017


Canotage á Bougival (circa 1881, estimate: £3,700,000-4,700,000), a landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, formerly in the collection of Albert C. Barnes, painted at a transitional moment in his career. 

Renoir is likely to have painted Canotage á Bougival in the spring of 1881, soon after returning from a two-month trip to Algeria, his first ever voyage outside of France.  During his travels, the artist had devoted himself fully to landscape painting, revelling in the dense and luxuriant foliage of palm and banana trees. Seeking to maintain the creative energy that the Algerian vistas had inspired in him, he continued to paint landscapes that bear witness to one of the central tenets of Impressionism: the plein-air master standing outdoors. Canotage á Bougival was acquired in 1920 by one of the most important collectors of the 20th Century: Dr Albert C. Barnes. Barnes's collection of modern art remains among the greatest of its kind, and features many works by Renoir, whom Barnes admired above all other painters.

Christie's 2015


La maison de Renoir à Cagnes-sur-Mer


Christie's 2014








Christie's 2012


Gabrielle et Jean Renoir




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Christie's 1999





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Pr.$112,500



The National Gallery,  London


Pierre-Auguste Renoir
probably 1885-90
A Bather
A Nymph by a Stream
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1869-70
A Nymph by a Stream
At the Theatre (La Première Sortie)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1876-7
At the Theatre (La Première Sortie)
Gladioli in a Vase
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
about 1874-5
Gladioli in a Vase
Head of a Girl
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1898
Head of a Girl
Lakeside Landscape
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
about 1889
Lakeside Landscape
Misia Sert
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1904
Misia Sert
Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
about 1883
Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey
The Skiff (La Yole)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1875
The Skiff (La Yole)
The Umbrellas
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
about 1881-6

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC