Description
Two girls lean their heads together beneath the wide brim of a single straw hat trimmed with a coral ribbon and rosette, absorbed in a small open book held on a folded fan. The older girl rests her cheek on her hand, eyes lowered and smiling faintly, while the younger, in a floral pinafore with a red bow at the collar, tilts in close beside her to read along.
Renoir paints their faces with soft, blended flesh tones and rosy cheeks, then loosens his brush entirely for the hat’s ruffled white lace and the girl’s blue-flowered white dress, letting quick touches of sky blue, coral and green stand in for pattern and shadow alike. A deep green backdrop of foliage frames the pair, keeping all the warmth and light concentrated on the two heads and the page between them.
This intimate double portrait of shared attention and quiet companionship suits a bedroom, reading nook or family gallery wall. This Two Girls Reading composition is offered as a museum-quality canvas print, made to order in a range of sizes and shipped worldwide.



