We went over to see the Renoir Collection at LACMA (LA County Museum of Art) this afternoon. Its there until May 9th. It had gotten a bad review in the LA Times from some (their usual) idiot art critic. The painting above was in the exhibit (this reproduction doesn't do the painting justice) and I was reminded about how much I like his landscapes. There were a lot of nudes and it was a large representation of his "later in life" work. The Bathers was at the end. His output was enormous. And the last 10-15 years of his life, it looked like (from a film clip that they had running) he had to tape his brush to his hand because his hands were twisted from arthritis.
All of these are impressionistic paintings. He did more and more studio work with models and family.
Anyhow it was worth seeing
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