Claude Monet Reading

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) - Claude Monet Reading, 1872 (Oil on canvas. Musée Marmottan Monet) - - During the summer of 1872 Renoir was the guest of Monet at Argenteuil. He presents his friend not in any conventional pose but in a completely natural moment, while reading a newspaper. The scene is presented from quite nearby, making it feel even more intimate and colloquial. The light is diffused, the paint is applied with even brushstrokes...