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Three Figures in Landscape
| Date | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 65.3 x 54.3 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Renoir. |
| Credit Line | Transferred from the Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1975-0005 |
Renoir suffered both physically and mentally in his later years and his creation of pictorially lovely scenes filled with happiness may have been an attempt to forget these difficulties. The color harmony in these works is particularly superb, and stands as testimony to the colorism of Renoir's late years. Here, three figures in the midst of the landscape are bathed in the warm light of the just set sun. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Alex Maguy, Paris; Ryusaburo Umehara, Tokyo; Yuichi Shimada, Tokyo; Transferred from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, 1975.
Exhibition History
- 1986
- Renoir et les impressionnistes, Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, 23 September 1986 - 3 November 1986, cat. no. 47, col. repr.
- 1988
- Renoir Retrospective, Nagoya City Art Museum, 15 October 1988 - 11 December 1988, cat. no. 68, col. repr.
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art-Between the East and the West, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1 November 1995 - 30 November 1995, cat. no. 33, col. repr.
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 21
- 2010
- Renoir: Tradition and Innovation, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 20 January 2010 - 5 April 2010, cat. no. 84, col. repr.
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 91
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 19
Bibliography
- 1931
- André, M. Albert; Elder, Marc. L'atelier de Renoir. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1931, no. 560, pl. 177.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 45, repr.
- 1976
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts. ser. 6, tome 87, Mar. 1976, "Chronique des Arts", p. 72, no. 305, repr.
- 1977
- Bulletin Annuel du Musée National d’Art Occidental, No. 10 (1975), 1977, Nouvelles acquisitions, par Chisaburoh F. Yamada, p. 6. Nouvelles acquisitions (catalogue). pp. 20-21. repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 52, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 239, repr.
- 1986
- Renoir et les impressionnistes (exh. cat.). Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, ed. [Sapporo], The Hokkaido Shimbun, 1986, pp. 55, 118, cat. no. 47, col. repr.
- 1988
- Renoir retrospective (exh. cat.). Nagoya City Art Museum, ed. [Nagoya], The Chunichi Shimbun, [1988], pp. 170-171, 251, cat no. 68, col. repr.
- 1992
- The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.18, cat. no. 8, col. repr
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art: Between the East and the West (exh. cat.). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. [Nagasaki], Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1995, pp. 48, 138, 146, cat. no. 33, col. repr.
- 2010
- Renoir: tradition and innovation(exh. cat.). The National Museum of Art, Osaka; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Pola Museum of Art; The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka, Culture Department, eds. Osaka, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka, 2010, cat. no. 84, col. repr.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 118, 142, cat. no. 91, col. repr.
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 83, 255, cat. no. 19, col. repr.