Mother Anthony's Tavern
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| Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
| Year | 1866 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 194 cm × 131 cm (76 in × 52 in) |
| Location | Nationalmuseum |
Mother Anthony's Tavern (French: Le cabaret de la Mère Antony à Bourron-Marlotte), also known as At the Inn of Mother Anthony, is an 1866 oil-on-canvas painting made by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir during his Fontainebleau period.[1] It is one of Renoir's first major paintings, having completed it at the age of 25. The work is currently in the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.[2][3]
Description[edit]
Although there are various competing interpretations of the figures depicted in the painting, it is thought that the girl clearing plates in the front left of the painting is Nana; painter and architect Jules Le Coeur (1832-1882) appears as the bearded man standing up preparing to roll a cigarette, the clean-shaven man sitting down facing the viewer is thought to be Dutch landscape artist "Bos", a friend of Le Coeur; artist Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) appears as the bearded man seated with a hat next to Toto, a three-legged poodle with a wooden leg; in the far right background we see the back of the proprietor, Madame Anthony, wearing a headscarf.[4] Behind her, on the wall, is an image of French novelist and poet Henry Murger (1822–1861), an icon of Bohemianism.[5]
Influences[edit]
The painting After Dinner at Ornans (1848–1849) by Gustave Courbet informs this work, showing the influence of Courbet on the early Renoir.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ Eitner, Lorenz (2002). 19th century European painting: David to Cézanne. Westview Press. p. 382. ISBN 0-8133-3962-6.
- ^ Brodskaya, Natalia (2014). Renoir. Parkstone International. ISBN 9781781609415.
- ^ White, Barbara Ehrlich (2017). Renoir: An Intimate Biography. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500774038.
- ^ Sturgis, Alexander (2006). Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the Nineteenth Century. Yale University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9781857093469.
- ^ a b Adams, Steven (1994). The Barbizon School & the Origins of Impressionism. Phaidon Press. pp. 202-209. ISBN 0-7148-2919-6. OCLC 34355336.
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