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Nothing softens a home office like a painted surface. Bather Arranging her Hair by Pierre-Auguste Renoir arrives as a hand painted oil painting on canvas, offering the figurative detail, soft gradients, and tactile finish that portrait oil painting shoppers look for.
1893
Oil on canvas
91 x 74 cm 36" x 29"
Nat.Gall.of Art Washington DC.
Renoir was 54 when he painted the young model. Obviously, he was not interested in cellulite. This is one of many paintings centering around young, womanly, fertile bodies. These bodies seem to be inexperienced, even if they are in their thirties and nurse with delight and competence. To me it is a voyeur's perspective, I can't even imagine touching the bodies. They would not react in any way, they are not prepared to, they lack any sexuality. And this certainly is a condition to the voyeur, as he typically can't interact with a real person. All this dramatically draped garment does not lead to anything, just as in a modern pin up photograph. Cyber sex in the Victorian age. Looking through a large book on Renoir, I see his efforts to shape his ideal, culminating in the large sculptures of his later years. His women become stereotypes with a dull expression, modelled after his wife when she was young.
As office wall decor, the piece pairs naturally with other impressionist wall art and with warm neutrals, timber, and soft natural light.
We use a 100% hand-painted process: stretched artist-grade canvas, layered oil pigment, and a final protective varnish. There are no inkjet prints or mechanical reproductions in this collection — just a painted figurative artwork made to order.
Build a home office gallery wall around this portrait oil painting, or let it stand alone as a single statement. The hand painted canvas finish keeps the figurative composition looking intentional in both classic and contemporary rooms.
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| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $68.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $106.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $146.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $195.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $379.98 |
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