Description
Gabrielle in a straw hat shows the model seated outdoors, shown at full length from the knees up. She wears a wide straw hat trimmed with a cluster of red flowers, a cream blouse with a soft collar and loose three-quarter sleeves, and a long white skirt edged in orange-red, the same red visible on the chair beneath her. Her hands rest together in her lap, holding a pale grey object, perhaps a glove or a small book.
Renoir surrounds her with a loosely painted garden, greens and golds blending into soft, undefined foliage and rock behind her. A round earthenware jug sits at her side. The brushwork throughout is quick and broken, typical of his outdoor portraits, with the white of the skirt catching the light against the darker greens.
This work is reproduced as a hand-painted oil on canvas or as an archival print, offered in a range of sizes so the garden portrait can suit a hallway, a sitting room, or a larger wall.
