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Two Young Girls at the Piano

1892
Not on view
In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg, which was to be devoted to the work of living artists. He chose as his subject two girls at the piano. Aware of the intense scrutiny to which his submission would be subjected, Renoir lavished extraordinary care on this project, developing and refining the composition in a series of five canvases. The Lehman painting and the nearly identical version formerly in the collection of Renoir's fellow Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte have long been regarded as the most accomplished variants of this intimate and engaging scene of bourgeois domestic life.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Young Girls at the Piano
  • Artist: Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer)
  • Date: 1892
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 44 × 34 in. (111.8 × 86.4 cm)
    Framed: 57 3/8 × 47 in. (145.7 × 119.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.201
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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