''Gabrielle with Open Blouse'' (French: ''Gabrielle avec la chemise ouverte'') is an oil on canvas painting by French

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

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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 ...

. It is in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, but is not on public view because of the model's open blouse. Gabrielle was

Gabrielle Renard Gabrielle Renard (August 1, 1878 – February 26, 1959) was a French woman who became an important member of the family of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, first becoming their nanny, and subsequently a frequent model for the artist. The bond ...

, a cousin of Renoir's wife

Aline Charigot Aline Victorine Charigot (23 May 1859 – 27 June 1915) was a model for Auguste Renoir and later became his wife while continuing to model for him and then caring for him when he became disabled. She is pictured in many of his paintings over ver ...

. She became the family's nanny in 1894 and later modelled many times for Renoir before becoming his carer. Only after his death in 1919 did she marry and move to live in America.

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{{Pierre-Auguste Renoir Portraits by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Portraits of women 1907 paintings 20th-century portraits Paintings in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

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