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Oct 24, 2019 · La Parisienne is an 1874 portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Although it may appear to be a rather traditional portrait, featuring actress Henriette Henriot, it was in fact a nod to the burgeoning modernity of Paris’s cultural scene .
La Parisienne (English: The Parisian) is an oil painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, completed in 1874 and now displayed at the National Museum Cardiff.
The Parisian Girl [La Parisienne] RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841 - 1919) Date: 1874. Media: oil on canvas. Size: 163.2 x 108.3 cm. Acquired: 1952; Bequest; Gwendoline Davies. Accession Number: NMW A 2495. Collection: The Davies Sisters Collection. In 1874 this painting was included in the first Impressionist exhibition.
La Parisienne comes from one of the female pairs. It has been suggested that the part of the palace of Knossos from which this painted scene fell was used for ceremonies and feasting; if this is true, subject matter depicting toasts being made would fit in nicely.
Only La Parisienne’s head and upper body are preserved. Her hair is black and curly, with one curl springing down onto her forehead and others cascading down her neck and upper back. Her skin is white, which is in imitation of the ancient Egyptian color convention (women painted white, men brown), and her large, darkly outlined eye also ...
Knossos, Palace. 1400 - 1350/1300 BC. “La Parisienne” Fresco. Evans named this young woman depicted in profile on a fresco fragment “La Parisienne”. She is probably a priestess, as she is wearing a “sacral knot” on her back.
La Parisienne is an oil painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, completed in 1874 and now displayed at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff.
