''Eugène Murer'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...
created in 1877. It is a portrait of pastry chef, artist, writer, collector, and sponsor
Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (1841–1906), popularly known as Eugène Murer. It was acquired by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
in 2002. This portrait of Eugène is one of four paintings of the Murer family by Renoir, including two of Eugène's half-sister Marie (''
Portrait of Mademoiselle Marie Murer'') and one of his son Paul (''
Portrait of Paul Meunier''). Murer was one of the largest supporters of the
Impressionists
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...
in the 1870s, but paid low prices for their works. It is estimated that Renoir received 100 francs for each portrait that Murer bought.
[Lucy, Martha. John House (2012). ''Renoir in the Barnes Foundation''. Yale University Press. pp. 92-93, 283. . .]
See also
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List of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This is an incomplete list of paintings by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990). The largest collection of Renoir paintings is at the Barn ...
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Descriptionat the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
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Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1877 paintings
Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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