Bather with a Griffon Dog
Bather with a Griffon Dog is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The painting features his lover and model Lise Tréhot (1848-1922).[1] The work was exhibited at the 1870 salon. The painting is held in the collection of the São Paulo Museum of Art.[2]
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| Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
| Year | 1870 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 184 cm × 115 cm (72 in × 45 in) |
| Location | São Paulo Museum of Art |
Renoir wanted to succeed at the Salon and, after several attempts, in 1870 his Bather with the Griffon was accepted, a work that he conceived expressly for its exhibition at the Salon, purposely seeking the classicism that the members of the jury admired so much. The work is thus reminiscent of Titian's Venuses, and also of eighteenth-century gallant painting in the little dog, the setting and the woman in the background looking at the young bourgeois, who has undressed to take a bath in a discreet corner of the river, modestly covering his genitals with one hand.
There is nothing Impressionistic about light and figure, receiving favorable reviews for its echoes of Corot and Courbet. Odalisque (Woman of Algiers), heir to Delacroix's orientalism, was presented together with her by the painter.[3]
References
- House, John. (2013). "The Many Faces of Lise Tréhot: Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Portraits of Parisiennes"Archived 2022-02-17 at the Wayback Machine." In Heather MacDonald (ed.) Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art. The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series. Yale University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-300-18757-1. OCLC 844731572.
- Lucy, Martha. John House (2012). Renoir in the Barnes Foundation. Yale University Press. pp. 1–2, 69. ISBN 9780300151008. OCLC 742017633.
- "Bañista con un perrito de aguas | artehistoria.com". www.artehistoria.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.