Renoir - Madame Charpentier and her Daughters

Madame Charpentier and her Daughters was painted in 1878.

Type of the painting - Oil on canvas.

Painting size - 190.2 x 153.7 cm.

Towards 1880 Renoir seemed on the verge of developing into a fashionable portrait-painter of women and children. He might well have seemed cut out for just such a role. A good mixer, never happier than when in stimulating company, he was equally at home in all circles of society. Though enjoying the simple things of life with the greatest of gusto, he was also a connoisseur of refinement in all its forms. He delighted in the velvety, pink-and-white skin of women and children, the silky lightness of beautiful hair, the shimmering colors of fine robes graciously worn

It is a part of the following sets: Girls, Portrait, Woman