Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1880–81

Luncheon of the Boating Party

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Renoir's sun-dappled afternoon on the Seine — fourteen of his friends gathered on a restaurant terrace at Chatou, wine glasses and straw hats and conversation in the warm light. The most life-affirming Impressionist painting.

Up to 16 × 12 in · landscape

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Luncheon of the Boating Party

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted Luncheon of the Boating Party in 1880–81, capturing fourteen of his friends gathered on the riverside terrace of the Maison Fournaise restaurant at Chatou, on the Seine just outside Paris. Exhibited at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 from his son by industrialist Duncan Phillips, who spent a decade in pursuit of the work. It is now in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The painting shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. It has been said that, as a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Luncheon of the Boating Party— questions & answers

›Who painted Luncheon of the Boating Party?

Luncheon of the Boating Party was painted by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1880–81.

›Where was Luncheon of the Boating Party painted?

Renoir painted it on the riverside terrace of the Maison Fournaise restaurant at Chatou, on the Seine just outside Paris. The original now hangs in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.

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