Description
Painted in 1879, this portrait catches Alphonsine Fournaise mid-gesture, one hand lifted to touch the brim of her orange-red hat, a playful smile on her face. She sits on a riverside terrace at Chatou, one arm stretched along a wooden railing, with the Seine, a distant bridge, and small sailboats spread out behind her in soft blues and greens. She wears a pale blue dress that Renoir renders in loose, breezy strokes. The work is an intimate, close-up composition, and it now hangs at the Musée d’Orsay.
This reproduction is available as a museum-quality canvas or fine-art print, made to order in a range of sizes so you can bring the same riverside light into your own home.
The pale blues of the dress and the greens of the riverbank translate well to a large or small format alike, depending on the wall you have in mind.



