Young Girl with a Parasol (Aline Nunès) 1883

"Young Girl with a Parasol (Aline Nunès)" is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir created in 1883. The painting features Renoir's muse Aline Charigot, depicted as a young girl holding a parasol and a bouquet of flowers in a verdant outdoor setting. The work exemplifies Renoir's Impressionist style, characterized by loose brushstrokes and a focus on capturing the fleeting effects of light and color. This painting is a quintessential example of Impressionism, a movement that sought to depict the world through the subjective experiences of the artist, emphasizing the ephemeral and fleeting nature of light and color.