Description
Jeune femme en bleu au conservatoire is a half-length portrait of a young woman shown in profile, facing right. She wears a dark navy blue jacket with a high collar and a matching skirt, and a large dark hat trimmed with yellow feathers sits on her reddish hair. Her hands are clasped together at her waist, a thin bracelet visible at her wrist.
The background is a plain, warm cream and tan surface, brushed loosely with touches of ochre and grey behind her head and shoulders, keeping all the attention on her face and the deep blue of her clothing. Renoir’s brushwork is smooth on the face and looser and more textured on the hat and dress.
Painted in 1877, this portrait is reproduced as a hand-painted oil on canvas or as an archival print, offered in a range of sizes to suit different walls.



