‘The Umbrellas’, a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir c. 1881 – 85 an oil painting on canvas, held in the National Gallery in London, shows an urban landscape – a crowd of fashionable Parisians in the rain under their umbrellas with a little girl in the foreground carrying a hoop. I like the contrast between the feathery brushwork of the people in the background and the harder outlines of the umbrellas and the precise drawing of the woman and little girl in the foreground. I also like the composition with the figures at the sides cut off as in a photograph and the way the painting conveys such a sense of the movement of the bustling crowd.
An ABC Wednesday post illustrating the letter U.
Margaret – This really is a lovely painting. There is so much life and so much detail in it , such as the woman who’s just opening up her umbrella. A nice added touch.
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BEautiful painting and great “U” contribution. I wrote about a great book…
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I always thought the woman in the left foreground was particularly beautiful.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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Lots of umbrellas! Come see my U when you get a chance.
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