Magnet Renoir - Two Young Girls at the Piano

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 - Oil on canvas - H. 116 ; L. 90 cm - Musée d'Orsay

Recalling a classical theme that was very popular with French 18th century painters, notably Fragonard, Renoir sought to paint an ideal world, peopled with graceful young girls. But...

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 - Oil on canvas - H. 116 ; L. 90 cm - Musée d'Orsay

Recalling a classical theme that was very popular with French 18th century painters, notably Fragonard, Renoir sought to paint an ideal world, peopled with graceful young girls. But, scorning mere imitation, he also wanted to be a painter of his time, and presents us with an elegant, comfortably furnished, bourgeois interior.