# Roses in a Vase, in Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this in about 1890, aged about 49. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> The palette Renoir used to depict the seven roses in this still life ranges from various shades of red to warm whites, light yellows, and pinks. The artist declared, "'Painting flowers lets my brain rest. It does not cause the same tension of spirit as when I face a model.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1890
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Dimensions: Unframed: 25.5 x 34 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.14
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pierre-auguste-renoir), French, 1841–1919

Renoir began as a painter of porcelain in Paris, then studied in Gleyre’s studio, where he met Monet, Sisley and Bazille. In the 1870s he was a central figure of Impressionism, painting Parisians at leisure in dappled light.

12 works in the collection.

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