Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Woman Seen from the Back ca. 1875-1879

"The simplest subjects are eternal. The naked woman rises either from the sea or from her bed; she is called Venus or Nini—there is no better way of portraying it." These were the words of Renoir, who shared with Degas a keen interest in female nudes. But while Degas showed himself to be biting and sometimes cruel in his vision of a woman's body, Renoir encircled it with a halo of grace and beauty that contributed to creating a general female type in his painting of figures.

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