Description
Gabrielle en blouse rouge is a close head-and-shoulders portrait. The model, her dark hair parted and pulled back, looks out at the viewer with a slight, steady smile. She wears a red blouse with a low, loose neckline, its folds picked out in deeper crimson and touches of white.
Renoir sets the warm red of the blouse against a golden, textured background built from short, visible strokes of ochre and amber. The paint on the face is worked more smoothly, with rosy touches on the cheeks and a soft highlight down the bridge of the nose, giving the portrait an intimate, close-up warmth.
Painted in 1913, this work is reproduced as a hand-painted oil on canvas or as an archival print, offered in a range of sizes so the portrait can suit a small wall or a larger room.



