Mother and Children

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Mother and Children
French: La Promenade
A painting of a woman and two girls standing on a path, all three of which having blonde hair and wearing blue coats and both facing and looking right
ArtistPierre-Auguste Renoir
Year1876 (1876)
SubjectA mother and her two girls
LocationFrick Collection, New York City
Websitewww.frick.org/interact/pierre-auguste-renoir-mother-and-children-la-promenade
External videos
video icon Renoir, La Promenade on YouTube, (1:49) Frick Collection

Mother and Children (also known as La Promenade) is an Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that is housed in the Frick Collection.[1] Although the painting is most commonly known as Mother and Children, Renoir presented it with the title La Promenade in 1876.[2] The painting is displayed in an alcove under a set of stairs at the Frick.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Vogel, Carol (June 23, 2011). "The Morgan Creates a Drawing Institute". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  2. ^ House 1997, p. 55.
  3. ^ Leapman 2000, p. 198.

Bibliography[edit]

  • House, John (1997). Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade. Getty Publications. ISBN 0892363657.
  • Leapman, Michael (2000). The Companion Guide to New York. Companion Guides. ISBN 1900639327.