Léonard Renoir, The Artist’s Father

Léonard Renoir, The Artist’s Father

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1869

Saint Louis Art Museum

St. Louis, United States

About this painting

A tender portrait of the painter's own father, Léonard Renoir, a tailor from Limoges — one of the few family likenesses Renoir made before fame reshaped his subject matter.