フィラデルフィア美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (フィラデルフィア美術館Instagram)「Contrary to the spontaneity of painting en plein air, Renoir carefully planned the composition of “The Great Bathers,” preparing more than twenty studies focused mainly on the three foreground figures. He worked in pencil, pen, watercolor, chalk, and crayon to produce multi-figure drawings, including this recent acquisition by The Morgan Library & Museum. To understand how Renoir translated this study into his final painting, we created a tracing of the drawing to lay on top of “The Great Bathers” for direct comparison. We learned that Renoir wasn’t only making changes on the painted canvas—in this drawing, he rubbed out earlier positions of the right figure’s arm and the left figure’s head as he experimented with this complex figural arrangement. We are grateful to @themorganlibrary @barnesfoundation @harvardartmuseums @artinstitutechi @ngadc @metmuseum and @clarkart for their support in examining so many artworks related to our “The Great Bathers.” • Follow along as we reveal new insights from the process of researching, analyzing, and conserving Renoir’s “The Great Bathers”, now on view in The #ImpressionistsEye. #RenoirConservation • “Study for ‘The Great Bathers’,”1884–85, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (The Morgan Library & Museum). “The Great Bathers,” 1884–87, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, with a tracing of Study laid on top. This conservation project and exhibition are supported by Bank of America.」6月7日 0時35分