Figures on the Beach
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Details
- Artist
- Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (52.7 × 64.1 cm) Framed: 33 1/16 × 37 5/8 in. (84 × 95.6 cm)
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 98%
Women are listed among the catalog subjects, and two prominent female figures are visibly depicted on the shore.
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Animals Both · 100%
Dogs are listed among the catalog subjects, and a small light-colored dog is clearly visible in the foreground.
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The catalog lists beaches and boats, while the image visibly presents a sandy shoreline, open water, and sailboats.
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Leisure Interpretive · 87%
The figures’ placement on the shore and their relaxed seaside activities suggest leisure and recreation.
Visual Qualities
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Pastel Colors Visual · 92%
The painting uses subdued blue, turquoise, sandy ocher, muted gray, and rose tones with generally low contrast.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 100%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 93%
Soft, broken, broadly handled marks are visible across the sky, water, clothing, and sand.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The work is dated 1890, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The artist is identified in the catalog as French: Auguste Renoir, French, 1841–1919.
Source & rights
Auguste Renoir. Figures on the Beach. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,000 × 3,353 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available