Two Sisters (On the Terrace)

Museum record 14655: Two Sisters (On the Terrace) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A verified entry point for discovery.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir considered the Restaurant Fournaise in Chatou (a village along the Seine River) the perfect spot to enjoy nature and good company away from the urban distractions of Paris. His painting Two Sisters (On the Terrace) , which he exhibited at the Impressionist exhibition of 1882, is among the last of his paintings set there. Sometimes, as in his most famous work on this subject, Luncheon of the Boating Party (1882; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC), Renoir used his close friends as m…