Girls at the Piano

1892

Impressionism
Girls at the Piano
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

France

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1841 – 1919

One of the leading figures of French Impressionism, he was born into a tailor's…

In a room bathed in warm light, two girls huddle together, peering at a piano score.

A serene and contented scene of daily life, typical of a bourgeois household of the era.

However, when this painting was created, the artist Renoir was under unprecedented pressure.

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