Ravishing.
That's the only word to describe Late Renoir, the exhibition currently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
We had the chance to view this specially-assembled collection of Renoir's work over the weekend and we were duly impressed.
To be sure, any exhibition of the paintings of Pierre Auguste-Renoir is not-to-be-missed. The colors, textures, subjects and subtleties of Renoir's work are mesmerizing.
Late Renoir follows the renowned painter through the final—and most fertile and innovative—decades of his career.
At the height of his creative powers and looking toward posterity, Renoir created art that was timeless, enticing, and worthy of comparison to the greatest of the old masters, such as Raphael, Titian, and Rubens. He devoted himself to joyful subjects—frolicking bathers, domestic idylls, the drama of classical mythology, and the brilliance of Mediterranean landscape and sea.
His fluid brushstrokes and masterful use of color won the admiration of the emerging modernist avant-garde, who considered Renoir one of the greatest living artists.
Approximately eighty paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Renoir are being displayed alongside twenty works by younger artists—Aristide Maillol, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso among them—to illustrate, illuminate, and celebrate.
Organized by The Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Musée d'Orsay, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this exhibition continues through September 6.
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