Renoir - Portrait of Coco

Portrait of Coco was painted in 1900.

Type of the painting - Oil on canvas.

As sensitive to children’s charm as to women’s, Renoir found an ideal model in his own home, towards the end of his life, in his third and youngest son Coco (Claude). Dabbed in with long, flickering brushstrokes on a very light scumble, this small portrait, so vibrant and alive, has all the delicate transparency of fine enamelware. Nowhere better than in pictures of his and intimates do we see the radiant grace and freedom, the freshness and warm luster of Renoir’s mature style. Here, on the same canvas, having finished one head, he playfully went on to paint a second one behind it.

It is a part of the following sets: Portrait