Lise in a White Shawl
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1872. Oil on canvas. 56 x 46 cm. Dallas Museum of Art.A portrait of Lise Tréhot, Renoir's primary model between 1866 and 1872, painted shortly before her marriage to Georges Brière de l'Isle. The painting marks the formative transition toward Impressionism: Renoir departs from smooth academic finish in favor of loose brushwork and plein-air light rendering on skin, while retaining a dark, traditional studio background.
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