Renoir Subjects: Identified Subjects

Figure 1.--This famours painting by Renoir is called "Girl with a hoop". Some paintings like "Boy wuith a watering can" have been changed to reflect modern gender cinventions. In this case we know the child is a girl, 9-year-old named Marie Goujon that he was commissioned to paint in 1885. Renoir also painted her brother. Click on the image to see the 'Boy with a whip' painting.

Often it is dificult to identify the gender of the children he painted without knowing just who was being painted. This is not particularly unusual as it is often difficult to identify the gender of young children during this period. Both the clothing styles and the hair styles could be confusing. This same problem has complicated our assessment of the photograohic record. In some cases we actually know the identity of the child painted. One of these is girl with a hoop. Some authors have changed the names of Renoirs's paintings to conform with moden gender conventions. In this case we know the child is a girl, 9-year-old named Marie Goujon that he was commissioned to paint in 1885.

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Created: 10:35 PM 5/21/2010
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