Who painted “La Balançoire”?

“La Balançoire” was painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir: soft, feathery brushwork, rosy cheeks and dappled sunlight on cheerful crowds; warm pinks and pearly skin, never a gloomy scene.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a leading French Impressionist artist. In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as "the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." Wikipedia

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