Gabrielle Renard and Jean by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 1895-1896 - 65 × 54 cm Musée de l'Orangerie Gabrielle Renard and Jean by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 1895-1896 - 65 × 54 cm Musée de l'Orangerie

Gabrielle Renard and Jean

pastel • 65 × 54 cm
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir - February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1895-1896
Gabrielle was a nanny of Renoir's son, Jean and a frequent model for the artist. She became a strong influencer for little Jean who later became a famous film director. Gabrielle was fascinated by the new motion picture invention and when Jean was only a few years old, she took him to see his first film.