# Pierre-Auguste Renoir's most famous paintings

Dances, boating parties and bathers: the Renoir canvases everyone knows, and where to see them.

- 15 votes · 15 items
- Jan 11, 2019 · Héloïse Robin
- https://even.best/en/l/3218/pierre-auguste-renoir-s-most-famous-paintings

## Top 15

1. **Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1876. A summer Sunday in Montmartre; Musée d'Orsay.
2. **Luncheon of the Boating Party** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1880-1881. His friends on the terrace of the Maison Fournaise; Phillips Collection.
3. **The Swing** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1876. Light filtering through the leaves; Orsay.
4. **The Theatre Box** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1874. Shown at the first Impressionist exhibition; Courtauld.
5. **Dance in the City and Dance in the Country** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1883. Two couples, two worlds; Orsay.
6. **La Grenouillère** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1869. Painted side by side with Monet.
7. **Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1878. The portrait that launched his career; the Met.
8. **Study: Torso, Sunlight Effect** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1875-1876. Light dappling the skin; Orsay.
9. **The Bathers** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1918-1919. His painterly testament; Orsay.
10. **The Umbrellas** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1881-1886. A Paris street in the rain; National Gallery.
11. **Young Girls at the Piano** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1892. Two sisters leaning over a score; Orsay.
12. **The Large Bathers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1884-1887. A return to classical drawing; Philadelphia.
13. **Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1880. "Little Irène"; Zurich.
14. **Path Leading through Tall Grass** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Around 1875. A country path; Orsay.
15. **A Girl with a Watering Can** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1876. A little girl in a garden; Washington.

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