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AUGUSTE RENOIR. Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841-1906)
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Author:
Title:
Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841-1906)
Caption:
Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841-1906). Artist: Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer). Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm). Date: 1877.
Murer was an artist, celebrated pastry cook, restaurateur, novelist, poet, and avid collector of Impressionist paintings. By 1887, ten years after he sat for this portrait, he had amassed some 122 works by his painter-friends, including 15 by Renoir, whom he called "the greatest artist of our century." It has been suggested that Murer's pose and gaze in this work served as a model for Van Gogh's famous portrait of another great Impressionist collector, Dr. Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (private collection), Murer's neighbor in Auvers.
Technique/material:
OIL ON CANVAS
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3397 x 4083 px | 39.7 MB
Print size:
28.8 x 34.6 cm | 11.3 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
