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Jean Drawing \u2013 Renoir\u2019s son bent over a pad of paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/table>\n

Jean Drawing is an oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from 1901. The original is in a private holding, and its measurement is not recorded in our documentation, so we do not give one here. We paint our version by hand in oils on canvas, in eight landscape sizes, from 40 x 30 to 150 x 120 cm, and on request in a size that is not on the list.<\/p>\n

A child at work, not a child sitting for a portrait<\/h3>\n

The painting shows Renoir\u2019s son Jean sitting at a table and drawing. He is leaning over a pad of paper and is completely absorbed in his own work. For a portrait of a child that is unusual: he does not look towards the painter and does not pose, but is busy with something of his own, so the scene is observation more than portrait. The posture \u2013 the lowered head and the hand on the paper \u2013 carries the whole account, and less of the face is visible than in an ordinary portrait.<\/p>\n

Why hand-painted, not a print<\/h3>\n

Our version is not a print. The scene rests on the bent posture and on the soft edge of a child\u2019s face in shadow, that is, once again on a passage without a boundary. The screen divides such a passage and the shadow under the brow stiffens into an area, which makes the child look older than he is. A hand-painted canvas leaves the shadow open and the stroke visible, so the head stays round and soft even where it is darkest.<\/p>\n

In the room<\/h3>\n

The subject is quiet and domestic, so it belongs where people stay a while: a living room, a child\u2019s room, a study or a dining room. For an ordinary room we suggest 60 x 50 or 70 x 60 cm, where the figure is roughly the natural size of a child at a table. On a large wall 120 x 100 cm works. The smallest sizes, 40 x 30 and 50 x 40 cm, suit a shelf, a hallway or a desk, where the painting is seen from close to.<\/p>\n

What you receive<\/h3>\n

We paint the canvas to order, by hand and for you alone, so every copy is made on its own; the canvas is usually painted and dried within three to four weeks. If you prefer, we will paint it in a size that is not on the list. Before despatch we send you a photograph of the finished canvas for your approval, and only then does the painting go out. Jean Drawing arrives stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang, wrapped in protective film and in rigid packaging, with no further stretching or finishing needed.<\/p>\n

\nYear of creation:<\/td>\n\n1901<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPainting style:<\/td>\n\nImpressionism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nOriginal technique:<\/td>\n\nOil on canvas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nLocated:<\/td>\n\nPrivate Collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n