Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This is a representative work of Renoir's early period. The vertical composition, the depicted figures, the feeling of the setting, the warm palette, and the Algerian-style costumes all clearly reflect Delacroix's famous work in the Louvre, "Algerian Women" (1834). During this period Renoir was copying Delacroix's works and studying the fresh color effects and dramatic expression of this Romantic genius. This painting demonstrates the beginning of his Impressionist tendencies and his subsequent use of a warmer palette.
This painting looks very different from what Renoir is most known for (and why some people created a movement to remove Renoir from museums).
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