discs in the city fernand leger 4

discs in the city fernand leger 4Painted in the summer of 1869, La Grenouillre stands as a foundational work in the history of modern art. Auguste Renoir painted it alongside Claude Monet, both artists having set up on the banks of the Seine at Bougival, where they planted their easels in front of this famous floating bathing establishment and restaurant prized by Parisians. This friendly rivalry between the two painters gave rise to several versions of the same motif and marks the

while the grass seems to be leaning to the right

Matisse depicts an urban landscape where red and orange roofs stand out vividly against an intense blue sky

it expresses total distress

with flags flying and crowds of people seemingly in a festive mood

At the heart of the Baroque movement

inspiring a state of alterable equilibrium

ochres and reds that intertwine around it

Presented in 1890

Renoir uses a light

in which the legacy of Cubism shifted towards an industrial and urban aesthetic

The artist is less interested in the sporting action than in the articulation of volumes and colours on the surface of the painting

Martigues offered an ideal setting