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Mother and Children

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Mother and Children
La Promenade (French)
A painting of a woman and two girls standing on a path, all three of which having blonde hair and wearing blue coats and both facing and looking right
ArtistPierre-Auguste Renoir
Year1876 (1876)
SubjectA mother and her two girls
Dimensions170.2 cm × 108.3 cm (67.0 in × 42.6 in)
Location
Websitewww.frick.org/interact/pierre-auguste-renoir-mother-and-children-la-promenade
External videos
video icon Renoir, La Promenade on YouTube, (1:49) Frick Collection

Mother and Children (also known as La Promenade) is an Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that is housed in the Frick Collection.[1] Although the painting is most commonly known as Mother and Children, Renoir presented it with the title La Promenade in 1876.[2] The painting is displayed in an alcove under a set of stairs at the Frick.[3]

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References

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  1. Vogel, Carol (June 23, 2011). "The Morgan Creates a Drawing Institute". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  2. House 1997, p. 55.
  3. Leapman 2000, p. 198.

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