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Woman Tying her Shoe

Maker

(Artists)
1841-1919

Title

Date of Production

c. 1918

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 50.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 56.5 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1932.SC.341

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

shoelaces

Label Text

This is one of the final paintings Pierre-Auguste Renoir made before his death the following year. Having become disillusioned with Impressionism in the 1880s, he sought a style and subject matter that would align him with, in his words, the ‘grandeur and simplicity of the ancient painters’. A move from Paris to the south of France saw him forgo the modern urban subjects of works such as La Loge (Room 9) to focus instead on idealised images of women engaged in domestic activities like washing or dressing. It also encouraged his use of warm, opulent colours, applied in luscious brushstrokes.

Provenance

Atelier Renoir, Cagnes; Galerie Barbazanges, Paris; The Independent Gallery, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld September 1922; Courtauld Gift, 1932.

Exhibition History

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More

Renoir and Intimacy, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 18/10/2016-22/01/2017

Renoir in Britain, The Lightbox, Woking, 08/02/2014-20/04/2014

The Late Renoir, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Philadelphia & USA, 10/06/2010-06/09/2010

Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 1947 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : : Renoir

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