Description
On a sandy riverbank at Bougival, a woman in a white dress and dark hat strolls past a wooden boathouse with a red-railed staircase, while a small terrier trots ahead of her across the pale ground. Beyond the moored rowboats, orange and black hulls pulled up on the grass, the Seine stretches out toward a hazy village on the far shore.
Renoir sets the scene under a soft blue and cream sky, with dark, shadowed trees pressing in at left against the sunlit sand and grass. Touches of bright orange and red on the boats and staircase punctuate the overall cool palette of greens, blues and warm sandy tans, giving the everyday riverside errand a lively, sunlit sparkle typical of his Impressionist years along the Seine.
This lively riverside scene brings the leisure and light of the Impressionist Seine into a living space. This View of Bougival composition is offered as a museum-quality canvas print, made to order in a range of sizes and shipped worldwide.
