Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir was a late nineteen- century French impressionist painter whose works were often ridiculed throughout his life, because of his sensuous celebration of women and nature. He was considered to be one of the most famous artists of his generation, due to his representation sensuality and pleasure in his paintings. When his paintings were first exhibited, they were considered to be shocking and culturally taboo, however after time society became more accepting of …

…a journey of social classism and the downfalls of different social stature. The painting shows the ignorance of the upper class from the looks on the mother and children's faces to the backbreaking posture of the peasant. The mother and children have almost a snobbish feel to them, which emphasizes the clash of the two classes shown in the painting. Overall, the painting is a very accurate description of the social turmoil of the time.