The work of Renoir, who has mastered…

The work of Renoir, who has mastered the ability to convey his immediate visual impressions, is a perfect illustration of the Impressionists' new approach in thought and technique.

By using small, multicolored strokes, he evokes the vibration of the atmosphere, the sparkling effect of foliage, and especially the luminosity of a young woman's skin in the outdoors.

The six paintings he exhibits show great vitality, emphasizing the pleasures of life despite the financial worries that trouble him. (Finding himself unable to obtain five hundred francs for his La Loge (The Theater Box, 1874, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London), exhibited at Nadar's, for which his brother and a new model, Nini, had posed, he eventually pressures grumbling Martin pere into paying four hundred and twenty-five for it, the amount he desperately needs for his rent.) (John Rewald, The History of Impressionism, 4th rev. ed. 1973, reprinted 1980)