Jewel-toned blue, red, yellow, green, and pearl white brushstrokes swirl and stretch in this loosely painted horizontal landscape painting. The thick texture of the paint throughout evokes the sense of touch, even in this digital reproduction. Cobalt-blue streaks nearly fill the lower half of the composition. Terracotta-orange dabs in the lower left corner suggest rocks and blocky strokes of green in the lower right vegetation. An elongated white triangle to our right in the blue area suggests a sailboat. The far riverbank is painted with thin bands of ruby red, grapefruit pink, and teal…
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The Blue River

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

c. 1890/1900

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall (including taped edges): 7.7 x 9.6 cm (3 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.) ; framed: 18.7 x 21 x 4.4 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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