Renoir's Women

This month belongs to Renoir's Women. It is no secret that women were French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir's favorite subjects. The Columbus Museum of Art, with the help of corporate and private sponsors, has put together an exhibition featuring more than 30 works of Renoir loaned from renowned museums around the world. On view from September 23, 2005 to January 8, 2006, this exclusive exhibition is the first to focus on Renoir’s representation of women.

Some of the exhibits on display are:

Madame Henriot
circa 1876
National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.

Small Blue Nude

1878-79
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
General Purchase Funds, 1941.