Bay of Naples, Evening
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French painter🎨, 1841-1919)
Date: 1881
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 13/16 x 31 13/16 in. (57.9 x 80.8 cm)
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark, 1933
Renoir's painting of Naples focuses on the bustle of daily life near the harbor.
The scene is full of local flavor - characteristic Neapolitan boats, donkeys loaded with supplies, a woman carrying a burden on her head.
In the distance, smoke issues from the mouth of the Mount Vesuvius, a volcano. Parallel strokes of paint structure the composition, with reds and oranges contrasting the purple and blue shadows and yellow and white buildings across the bay. | © The Clark Art Institute
La pittura di Renoir su Napoli si concentra sul trambusto della vita quotidiana vicino al porto.
La scena è piena di sapori locali, tipiche imbarcazioni napoletane, asini carichi di provviste, una donna che porta un peso sulla testa. In lontananza, fumano problemi dalla bocca del Vesuvio, un vulcano.
I tratti paralleli della pittura strutturano la composizione, con i rossi e le arance che contrastano le ombre viola e blu e gli edifici gialli e bianchi attraverso la baia. | © The Clark Art Institute
Pierre-August Renoir | Canotage a Bougival, 1881
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Venice, The Doge's Palace, 1881
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | View at Guernsey, 1883
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Wash House Boat at Bas Meudon, 1874
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