Description
A woman with dark hair swept up loosely tilts her head down and to the side, her eyes lowered in a quiet, private moment rather than meeting the viewer’s gaze. Loose strands fall across her forehead, and a soft blue scarf or wrap is gathered at her neck over a patterned tan and gold garment touched with small floral marks.
Renoir surrounds her with a broad field of blue that fills almost the entire background, applied in loose, sweeping strokes that blend into the blue of her wrap so that figure and setting feel woven together. The brushwork on her face is warmer and more controlled, built from soft ochre and rose tones, while the rest of the picture is left deliberately loose and unfinished in feeling.
This portrait is offered as a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas, made by hand to capture its loose, blended brushwork, or as an archival giclee canvas print from a high-resolution image. Both are reproductions for your home, not the original painting by Renoir.



