Description
A woman with reddish hair pinned up sits in a green armchair, wearing a patterned jacket worked in blue, gold and green over a white blouse. Her gaze drifts downward and to the side, and the warm golden-green background matches the tones woven through her clothing.
Painted around 1895, the picture lets the jacket’s mix of pattern and colour do much of the work, painted with the same loose, layered strokes Renoir gave the face and hair. The print keeps the blue and gold threads of the pattern distinct against the surrounding warmth, since the jacket is as much the subject here as the sitter herself.



