Description
A young woman sits outdoors beneath dense green foliage, a striped straw hat shading her face as she rests her head against one raised hand in a moment of quiet reverie. She wears a white camisole tied with an orange bow and a loose, pale pink skirt, her bare feet tucked beneath her on the grass.
Renoir paints the flesh in warm, glowing peach tones that dominate the canvas, set off by the cool greens of the leaves behind her and the soft pink of the skirt. The brushwork is loose and confident, giving the whole scene a relaxed, sun-warmed softness.
Held today at the Barnes Foundation, this painting is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or an archival canvas print, made to order in sizes that keep the original’s proportions, close to a 65 x 54 cm ratio, so the composition reads as Renoir intended.



