{"product_id":"la-seine-a-port-marly-voiliers-by-pierre-auguste-renoir","title":"La Seine à Port-Marly–Voiliers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir","description":"Pierre-Auguste Renoir\u003cbr\u003e 1841-1919 | French \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLa Seine à Port-Marly–Voiliers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Seine at Port-Marly–Sailboats\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Signed \"Renoir\" (lower right)\u003cbr\u003e Oil on canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among Pierre-Auguste Renoir's most important works are his magnificent large-scale landscapes. \u003cem\u003eLa Seine à Port-Marly–Voiliers\u003c\/em\u003e, painted circa 1890, is one of his largest landscapes and a monumental celebration of the Seine, whose picturesque riverbanks and boating culture inspired some of the artist's most famous masterpieces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The towns and boating resorts along the Seine were among Renoir's most enduring sources of inspiration. Sailing and rowing had become favorite pursuits of the leisure classes, and Renoir joined fellow Impressionists Gustave Caillebotte, Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley in capturing this distinctly modern world. The same culture of riverside recreation inspired Renoir's iconic \u003cem\u003eLuncheon of the Boating Party\u003c\/em\u003e, painted at nearby Chatou. In \u003cem\u003eLa Seine à Port-Marly–Voiliers\u003c\/em\u003e, Renoir turns his attention almost entirely to the landscape, allowing the sailboats, water and sky to convey the pleasures of a summer afternoon along the river. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beneath an expansive blue sky, sailboats drift across the Seine, their bright sails catching the light against a low band of trees and buildings. Renoir builds the water from feathery strokes of blue, violet, green and warm ochre, dissolving reflections into the river's surface. A small yellow boat near the center and the white sails at right punctuate the broad horizontal composition, while the artist's loose handling gives the scene an extraordinary sense of light, movement and atmosphere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Circa 1890 marked an important turning point in Renoir's life and art. He married Aline Charigot that year, while stylistically he was moving away from the more classical manner he had explored during the 1880s under the influence of Ingres and Raphael. Travels in southern France had renewed his interest in the freshness and painterly freedom of landscape, and \u003cem\u003eLa Seine à Port-Marly–Voiliers\u003c\/em\u003e reflects this return to saturated color, thin, feathery brushwork and vibrant light. These qualities, together with the softness and sensuality Renoir admired in French Rococo masters such as Boucher and Fragonard, make this monumental landscape a quintessential Renoir masterpiece. This painting was acquired directly from Renoir by Ambroise Vollard, the legendary Parisian dealer who championed the leading artists of his generation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Circa 1890 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Canvas: 24 1\/4\" high x 30 1\/2\" wide (61.60 x 77.47 cm)\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 35\" high x 41 1\/2\" wide x 2 1\/2\" deep (88.90 x 105.41 x 6.35 cm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The work is accompanied by a certificate from Renoir scholar François Daulte, dated 19 April 1981, and will be included in the Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Provenance:\u003cbr\u003e Ambroise Vollard, Paris, acquired from the artist before 1919\u003cbr\u003e François L. Schwarz, New York\u003cbr\u003e Sale, Christie's, London, 3 December 1974, lot 55\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Hertzog, acquired at the above sale\u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Schwarz, reportedly until 1981\u003cbr\u003e Galerie Bellier, Paris\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1981\u003cbr\u003e Thence by descent to private collection, Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e M.S. Rau, New Orleans \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Literature:\u003cbr\u003e Vollard, Ambroise. \u003cem\u003ePierre-Auguste Renoir: Paintings, Pastels and Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1989, p. 277, no. 1318 (illustrated)\u003cbr\u003e Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, et al. \u003cem\u003eRenoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles\u003c\/em\u003e. Vol. II. Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 2009, p. 74, no. 809 (illustrated) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exhibited:\u003cbr\u003e London, O'Hana Gallery, \u003cem\u003eExhibition of French Masters of the XIX and XX Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e, 20 June-20 August 1956, no. 25 (dated 1895)","brand":"M.S. Rau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45834400006279,"sku":"32-3167","price":2850000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/2471\/0466\/files\/32-3167_1.png?v=1789075267","url":"https:\/\/rauantiques.com\/products\/la-seine-a-port-marly-voiliers-by-pierre-auguste-renoir","provider":"M.S. Rau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}