Musée d’Orsay · 1876
La Balançoire
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir dissolves a simple garden scene into patches of dappled light, treating sunlight through leaves as more interesting than the story itself.
Why it matters
Renoir dissolves a simple garden scene into patches of dappled light, treating sunlight through leaves as more interesting than the story itself.
Look closer
Look at the blue shadows on the woman's white dress — Renoir paints shadow as colour, not just darkness.
Painted the same year and in the same garden as Bal du moulin de la Galette, using the same models.
Value context
ELYIO places this work in an indicative editorial context of €15–35 million.
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