The Facts
The Musée d'Orsay has published a listing of works by Auguste Renoir, including paintings such as 'Bouquet de roses', 'La Liseuse verte', and 'Etude pour l'une des «Grandes baigneuses»', alongside an anonymous portrait from after 1868. The catalog, accessible on the museum's website with a downloadable XLSX option, contains 190 entries spanning Renoir's career from the 1840s to 1905, with many pieces bearing uncertain or approximate dates (e.g., 'vers 1881-1882', 'entre 1841 et 1919', 'sans date'). The list also includes letters to figures such as Georges Charpentier and Madame Charpentier from 1879.
The Signal
The release of this detailed catalog data reflects the Musée d'Orsay's ongoing commitment to digitizing its vast collection, providing researchers and collectors with granular access to provenance and dating nuances. The prevalence of ambiguous date markers ('vers', 'entre', 'sans date') highlights the challenges of cataloging late 19th-century works and underscores the museum's transparency in presenting scholarly uncertainty. For Renoir specialists, this resource offers a new tool for tracing the artist's output across mediums and time periods.
- Artists: Auguste Renoir
- Museums: Musée d'Orsay
- Locations: Paris
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