Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait d'Edmond Maître

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This charming depiction of one of Renoir’s closest friends brims with the energy and familiarity of the best Impressionist portraits, a genre that Renoir, more than any other member of the Impressionist circle, would dominate in the decades to come, creating some of the most quintessential images of the time.

 This contrast between city and country living is extremely evident in O’Keeffe’s paintings from the period, in which dazzling skyscrapers dominate her canvases with as much frequency as rustic barns. Spending each fall in the Adirondacks proved immensely productive for O’Keeffe, who converted one of the barns on the Stieglitz’s property into a studio space and thrived in the quiet, sun-drenched atmosphere. Lake George Barn, executed in 1929, captures the deep red palette of autumn in the Adirondacks and illustrates the increasingly Precisionist style that characterizes O’Keeffe’s pictures from the 1920s.