The Swing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 1876 - 92 x 73 cm Musée d'Orsay The Swing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 1876 - 92 x 73 cm Musée d'Orsay

The Swing

oil on canvas • 92 x 73 cm
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir - February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1876

The Swing, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876, is pure Impressionism—a snapshot, taken in a park somewhere in Paris.  The specific location is unimportant. Impressionists like Pierre-Auguste Renoir wanted to capture the qualities of change created by light and movement. They loved parks, dances, well-dressed women, and other charming, ordinary subjects.