By the Seashore
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Details
- Artist
- Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (92.1 x 72.4 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The painting presents a single seated woman as its clear central subject, and the museum metadata lists the subject as portraits.
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 98%
A broad coastal setting with open water, low distant land, sky, foliage, and sailboats occupies the background around the figure.
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Water Visual · 98%
The right side of the composition is dominated by blue-green open water with horizontal strokes and several distant sailboats.
Styles and Movements
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Impressionism Visual · 88%
The softened contours, luminous atmospheric color, informal outdoor composition, and broken visible brushwork are consistent with Impressionist painting.
Medium and Techniques
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 93%
Visible broad and broken strokes are especially apparent in the foliage, water, chair, clothing, and sky.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a painting in the European Paintings department.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to 1883, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The artist display identifies Auguste Renoir as French: “French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer.”
Source & rights
Auguste Renoir. By the Seashore. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 3,162 × 4,000 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available