the walk auguste renoir

the walk auguste renoirPainted in 1870, The Walk is one of the most charming works of Auguste Renoir's youth, made just before the Franco Prussian War momentarily interrupted his career. The painting belongs to the tradition of the French eighteenth century fte galante, inherited from Antoine Watteau and Jean Honor Fragonard, whose grace and lightness Renoir greatly admired. This kinship with rococo painting, transposed into a contemporary natural setting, would become a

tells a joyful tale of everyday life in a bustling garden

creating a mosaic of colours with defined boundaries

this work is one of the last to be painted by the artist before his exile to Bern

The interplay of light and colour underlines the tension and energy of the Cubist aesthetic

sport becomes a framework for organising the painting around tensions

Despite the apparent richness of nature

A reinterpretation in which the pearl becomes an emblem of universal beauty

Bright colours and deep shadows bring this typical Cape Cod scene to life

this version of The Great Wave off Kanagawa is imbued with Gustav Klimt's characteristic golden aesthetic

during his stay in Arles

though small and sketchy

entitled Sea Watchers