Illustration
An 1874 oil on canvas, Woman in an Armchair, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Renoir was expert at relaxing his sitter and extracting from them a natural pose. He frequently used young women from the lower classes as models. (Detroit Institute of Arts, U.S.A.)
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Arts, D. I. o. (2022, May 10). Woman in an Armchair by Renoir. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15828/woman-in-an-armchair-by-renoir/
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