Description
Jeune femme au chapeau noir shows a young woman in profile, wearing an elaborate black hat piled high with dark feathered plumes, a grey-black bow, a bright yellow bow, and a spray of deep red flowers tucked at the back. Her auburn hair is visible beneath the hat, and she wears a dark blue-black coat with a matching high collar. The background is a streaked wash of blue-green and soft yellow, applied in loose vertical strokes.
Renoir concentrates his most detailed brushwork on the hat’s plumes and trimmings, built up with thick, textured strokes of black and grey, while the coat and background are handled more broadly. The small bursts of yellow and red on the hat stand out vividly against the otherwise dark and cool palette.
Painted in 1895, this work is reproduced as a hand-painted oil on canvas or as an archival print, offered in a range of sizes to suit a small wall or a larger room.



