Lise with a Parasol by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Completed in 1867, Lise with a Parasol by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts Lise Trehot in the natural setting of a public park. She appears to be on a summer stroll, enjoying the shade of the leafy trees and her parasol. Art critic Émile Zola saw Lise with a Parasol at the official Salon and praised its modernity because Renoir blended elements of fashion and pleasure in the distinctive style of the times.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Lise with a Parasol (oil on canvas, 72-1/2x45-1/4 inches) hangs in the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir often used friends as his subjects. Next, we'll see another portrait of an acquaintance.

For more on Impressionist paintings, artists, and art history, see:

• Impressionism
• Vincent van Gogh
• Claude Monet