woman with a parasol in a garden auguste renoir

woman with a parasol in a garden auguste renoirPainted in 1875, this work belongs to the heart of Auguste Renoir's most radically Impressionist period. It was created in the garden of the house the artist was then renting on rue Cortot, in Montmartre a place that served as an experimental ground for several of his open air scenes. This practice of painting en plein air, shared with Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, constituted at the time the movement's pictorial manifesto: to capture the

This period marks an important phase in Léger’s work

The sun's rays create sharp contrasts between the sunny and shady areas of the house

With his Impressionist sensibility

The colours are limited but highly contrasting

The warmth of the yellows and reds contrasts with the surrounding darkness

This minimalist

Monet is depicted in bust

This work dates from the period when Léger was developing his style

typical of Haring

The background of the painting is made up of brown and red tones

invites us to contemplate the scene from multiple angles

while highlighting man's intimate relationship with nature