"sketch Of Roses" After Pierre-auguste Renoir

Inkjet reproduction on 310g watercolor vellum art paper. Superb rendering on this very beautiful, slightly textured paper.PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Oil on canvas sold at Sotheby's in April 2025 for €406,00033 x 36 cm Executed in 1914-1916.“Renoir’s incomparable gift for freshness is nowhere better demonstrated than in his paintings of flowers, which themselves possess the purity and delicacy that he generally bestows on all textures and forms.” Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Vases of Roses perfectly illustrate this statement: the painter’s talent here lies not in the naturalism of the flowers, but in the way he suggests their freshness at the height of their bloom, capturing the very fragrance that fills the room. Rather than rendering each petal in detail, Renoir captures the play of light on their rounded reliefs, the shadows in the crevices and the graceful roundness of the corolla. This is the very essence of Impressionist painting, of which Renoir is one of the greatest representatives.