Updated 19 June 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Woman with Rose
| Date | c. 1910's |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 52.4 x 46.4 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Renoir. |
| Credit Line | Donated by Mr. Ryuzaburo Umehara |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1978-0002 |
Renoir frequently included flowers in his compositions, and he seems to have been especially fond of roses. Umehara Ryuzaburo, the donor of this painting to the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo who was heavily influenced by the work of Renoir, also shared this love of flowers. Here, the color harmony with its purplish reds and blue drawn in particularly rough brushstrokes suggests that the work may have been created in the last few years of Renoir's life. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Donated by Mr. Ryusaburo Umehara, Tokyo, 1978.
Exhibition History
- 1977
- Choix d'un Amateur: XIXe-XXe siècles , Galerie Schmit, Paris, 11 May 1977 - 25 June 1977, cat. no. 68(as "Renée à la rose")
- 1981
- Impressionists in Japan, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 25 October 1981 - 29 November 1981, cat. no. 19, repr.
- 1989
- The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 9, col. repr.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 31
- 2004
- Adoption and development: toward the full bloom of modern oil painting in Japan, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 14 February 2004 - 14 March 2004, cat. no. 11, col. repr.
- 2009
- "Shirakaba": Pilots of Art in Modern Japan, Hiroshima Museum of Art, 13 September 2009 - 25 October 2009, cat. no. I-20, col. repr.
- 2015
- Japan's Love for Impressionism: From Monet to Renoir, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 8 October 2015 - 21 February 2016, cat. no. 79, col. repr.
- 2021
- National Touring Exhibition of Western Art from the NMWA: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata / Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 0 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y3_36 | T3_53
Bibliography
- 1931
- Bernheim-Jeune. L'atelier de Renoir. tome 2, Paris, 1931 , no. 711, pl. 225.
- 1979
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts. ser. 6, tome 93, Apr. 1979, "Chronique des Arts", p. 68, no. 341, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 240, repr.
- 1980
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 13 (1978), 1980, Arikawa, Haruo. New Acquisitions (Painting). pp. 20-21, New Acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 32-33, repr.
- 1981
- Impressionists in Japan (exh. cat.). Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, cat. no. 19, 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.19, cat. no. 9, col. repr
- 2004
- Adoption and Development : Toward the Full Bloom of Modern Oil Painting in Japan (exh.cat.). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; The MIMOCA Foundation. [Tokyo], National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2004, pp. 15, 86, cat. no. 11, col. repr.
- 2009
- Shirakaba: Pilots of Art in Modern Japan(exh.cat.). The Museum of Kyoto. et al., eds. [Osaka], The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2009, cat. no. I-20, col. repr.
- 2015
- Japan's Love for Impressionism: From Monet to Renoir (exh. cat.). Marks-Hanssen, Beate, ed. Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle, 2015, pp. 137, 246, cat. no. 79, col. repr.
- 2016
- Bonjour, Monsieur Renoir: Renoir et Umehara: Joie de Peindre (exh. cat.). Mitsubishi Ichigoukan Museum, Tokyo et al., eds. [Tokyo], Curators, 2016, p. 65, fig. 4, repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 141, 184, cat. no. Y3_36 | T3_53, col. repr.