FILE: 16_Nude in the Sun_Renoir.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Nude in the Sun - IMPRESSIONISM

DESCRIPTION: RENOIR. Impressionists were ostracized & criticized. Renoir sensitive to this. Nude impressionist style diff. from Ingres: 1. outside 2. background only an impression and not literal 3. splotches and dabs of sunshine . Renoir feels so criticized he tries to paint in classical style. See The Bathers #17.