# The Laundress, in Impressionism

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this in 1877–79, aged about 36. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1877–79
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 80.8 × 56.5 cm (31 13/16 × 22 1/4 in.); Framed: 100.4 × 79.4 × 9.6 cm (39 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.102
- 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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