Mother and Children

Mother and Children (also known as La Promenade) is an Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that is housed in the Frick Collection.[1] Although the painting is most commonly known as Mother and Children, Renoir presented it with the title La Promenade in 1876.[2] The painting is displayed in an alcove under a set of stairs at the Frick.[3]

Mother and Children
French: La Promenade
ArtistPierre-Auguste Renoir
Year1876 (1876)
SubjectA mother and her two girls
LocationFrick Collection, New York City
Websitewww.frick.org/interact/pierre-auguste-renoir-mother-and-children-la-promenade
External video
Renoir, La Promenade on YouTube, (1:49) Frick Collection

References

  1. Vogel, Carol (June 23, 2011). "The Morgan Creates a Drawing Institute". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  2. House 1997, p. 55.
  3. Leapman 2000, p. 198.

Bibliography

  • House, John (1997). Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade. Getty Publications. ISBN 0892363657.
  • Leapman, Michael (2000). The Companion Guide to New York. Companion Guides. ISBN 1900639327.
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