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image of Oarsmen at Chatou
Auguste Renoir (artist)
French, 1841 - 1919
Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879
oil on canvas
Overall: 81.2 x 100.2 cm (31 15/16 x 39 7/16 in.) framed: 104.1 x 123.5 x 9.5 cm (41 x 48 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Gift of Sam A. Lewisohn
1951.5.2

Exhibition History

1882
Possibly 7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 151, as Canotiers
1928
Loan Exhibition of Paintings from Memling, Holbein, and Titian to Renoir and Picasso, Reinhardt Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 21
1933
Exposition Renoir, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1933, no. 10, repro.
1934
Landscape Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1934, no. 55, repro.
1937
Renoir: A Special Exhibition of His Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1937, no. 24, repro.
1937
"Views on the Seine" by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1937, no. 3
1940
Masterpieces of Art. European & American Paintings 1500-1900, New York World's Fair, 1940, no. 329.
1941
Loan Exhibition in Honor of Royal Cortissoz and his 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1941, no. 24
1941
Renoir Centennial Loan Exhibition 1841-1941 for the Benefit of the Free French Relief Committee, Duveen Galleries, 1941, no. 31, repro.
1950
Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infantry, Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1950, no. 29, repro.
1951
The Lewisohn Collection: A Catalogue ... before the dispersal of bequests to various museums and galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1951, no. 68
1984
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Grand Palais, Paris, 1984-1985
1986
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 31, repro.
1996
Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party", The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1996-1997, pl. 56, repro.
2001
Renoir: From Outsider to Old Master 1870-1892, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo; Nagoya City Art Museum, 2001, no. 15, repro.
2002
Renoir o Pintor Da Vida, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, 2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

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