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Title:	Renoir Drawings
Date:	10/17/2025 - 2/1/2026
Address:	The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Location:	New York, NY
Hours:	Tuesday - Sunday: 10:30am - 5:00pm, Friday: 10:30am - 8:00pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $25
Web Page:	https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/renoir-drawings
Contact Info:	(212) 685-0008

Details:

While the paintings of Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) have become icons of Impressionism, his drawings, watercolors, and pastels are far less widely known. In fact, drawing remained central to his artistic practice even as his interests and ambitions changed over the course of a long career. This exhibition explores the ways in which Renoir used paper to test ideas, plan compositions, and interpret both landscape and the human figure. Thematic sections will cover the full span of the artist’s career, ranging from academic studies he made as a student, to on-the-spot impressions of contemporary urban and rural life, to finished, formal portraits, to intimate sketches of friends and family completed late in life. In-depth case studies of favored themes and preparatory work for landmark canvases will further illuminate Renoir’s practice of drawing.