4. Girls at the piano (1892) The big bathers (1884 - 87)

9. Renoir's early work was influenced by two French artists, Claude Monet in his treatment of light and the romantic painter Eugène Delacroix in his treatment of color. Monet Renoir

16. Young women playing the piano was a recurring and favourite subject for Renoir. While the theme of youth and music had often been given allegorical treatment in French and Dutch art of the past, Renoir adopted the subject as an emblematic image of French bourgeois culture. Girls at the piano (1892)

17. The theme of cultivated innocence and domestic comfort underpinned much of the artist's work. This fresh and lively preparatory sketch was produced in response to an official commission from the French State. Girls at the piano (1892)

18. Look at this picture! And don’t be shy please! There are three nude women here. Renoir loves to draw a group of women without clothes. Especially the women take a bath. The big bathers (1884 - 87)

19. In this picture we can not only see the women are not so thin and not so heavy but also know that Renoir describes the beauty of woman’s body. The big bathers (1884 - 87)