Mother and Children

{{Short description|Painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir}}

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{{distinguish|text=Mother and Child (disambiguation). "La Promenade (Renoir, New York)" redirects here; for the other painting, see La Promenade (Renoir)}}

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| title = Mother and Children

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| other_language_1 = French

| other_title_1 = La Promenade

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| image_file = Pierre-Auguste Renoir - La Promenade - Google Art Project.jpg

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| alt = A painting of a woman and two girls standing on a path, all three of which having blonde hair and wearing blue coats and both facing and looking right

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| artist = Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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| year = {{start date|1876}}

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| subject = A mother and her two girls

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| city = New York City

| museum = Frick Collection

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| url = {{URL|http://www.frick.org/interact/pierre-auguste-renoir-mother-and-children-la-promenade}}

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Mother and Children (also known as La Promenade) is an Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that is housed in the Frick Collection.{{Cite news|work=The New York Times|title=The Morgan Creates a Drawing Institute|author=Vogel, Carol|date=June 23, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/arts/design/the-morgan-library-creates-a-drawing-institute.html|accessdate=June 13, 2015}} Although the painting is most commonly known as Mother and Children, Renoir presented it with the title La Promenade in 1876.{{sfn|House|1997|p=55}} The painting is displayed in an alcove under a set of stairs at the Frick.{{sfn|Leapman|2000|p=198}}

See also

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite book|author=House, John|title=Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade|year=1997|publisher=Getty Publications|isbn=0892363657|ref={{harvid|House|1997}}}}
  • {{Cite book|author=Leapman, Michael|title=The Companion Guide to New York|publisher=Companion Guides|year=2000|isbn=1900639327|ref={{harvid|Leapman|2000}}}}

{{Pierre-Auguste Renoir}}

Category:Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Category:1876 paintings

Category:Paintings in the Frick Collection

Category:Portraits of women

Category:Paintings of children