# Two Young Girls at the Piano, in Impressionism

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this in 1892, aged 51. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Two girls lean together at an upright piano, one seated at the keyboard and the other standing at her side, their heads close in concentration over the music.

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## The work

- Date: 1892
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 44 × 34 in. (111.8 × 86.4 cm) Framed: 57 3/8 × 47 in. (145.7 × 119.4 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.201
- 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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