Hall 407 is devoted to Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), one the founders of the Impressionist style. The portrait is the central genre in his art. The large panels entitled Man on a Stair and Woman on a Stair (both circa 1876) are portraits of the Charpentiers.
Executed in the artist’s inimitable style are formal portraits, such as the Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary (1878), and intimate works including Lady in Black (1876) and Young Woman with a Fan (1881). The painting Child with a Whip (1885), a portrait of young Etienne Goujon, is remarkable for the precise line delineating the child’s face.
