Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nude in the Sun, circa 1875-6, oil on canvas, 32" -- 25.6" "...Try to explain to Monsieur Renoir that a woman's torso is not a mass of decomposing flesh with those purplish-green stains." - Critic Albert Wolff, writing about Renoir's Nude in the Sun Hard to believe, isn't it, but Renoir's Nude in the Sun was once considered threatening: when first exhibited it's Impressionist palette violated long-standing academic rules about the use of color in shadows. These days you wo...
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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nude in the Sun, circa 1875-6, oil on canvas, 32" -- 25.6" "...Try to explain to Monsieur Renoir that a woman's torso is not a mass of decomposing flesh with those purplish-green stains." - Critic Albert Wolff, writing about Renoir's Nude in the Sun Hard to believe, isn't it, but Renoir's Nude in the Sun was once considered threatening: when first exhibited it's Impressionist palette violated long-standing academic rules about the use of color in shadows. These days you wo...
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