Description
Seen mostly from behind, a young woman with dark hair gathered into a loose bun tilts her head down and to the side, her eyes closed or downcast, only the curve of her cheek, nose and lips visible in profile. Her shoulders and back are wrapped in a rose-pink garment, its fabric built from broad, dragged strokes of coral, salmon and white that catch the light across her back.
The background is worked in warm, dry strokes of ochre and olive green, left loose and unblended so the paint of the canvas weave shows through in places, a reminder of how quickly and directly Renoir worked. The whole painting reads as an intimate, quiet study rather than a formal portrait, focused entirely on the fall of light across her back and the curve of her bowed head.
This study, Portrait de jeune femme en rouge, is offered as a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas, painted by hand to recreate its warm rose and ochre palette, or as an archival giclee canvas print made from a high-resolution scan. Both are reproductions for your own wall, not the original 1883 painting.



