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Woman at the Piano

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Description: Woman at the Piano

TitleWoman at the Piano

Creator nameRenoir, Pierre-Auguste

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1875–1876

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25825/woman-at-the-piano

Accession number1937.1025

SubjectsClothing and dress--France--History--19th centuryWomen--PortraitsImpressionism (Art)--France

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Chapter 6: Fashion and Intimate Portraits

Justine De Young

Description: Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity

A painted portrait attests to long minutes, stretching into longer hours, spent studying an individual’s features and dress. Even the language used to describe the process, “capturing a likeness,” implies something taken and, by extension, something given up. Yet despite the inevitable intimacy of the process, many portraits feel opaque—an apparently accurate transcription...

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Justine De Young

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Copyright© 2012 The Art Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.107-123

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00356.10

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Chapter subject tags:Clothing and dress--France--History--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--FranceWomen--PortraitsFashion prints, FrenchArtists' models

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