Luncheon of the Boating Party
1880–1881 · Oil on canvas · The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
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About this work
- Artist
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
- Year
- 1880–1881
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 130.2 × 175.6 cm
- Collection
- The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Impressionism
A group of friends linger over the end of lunch on the balcony of the Maison Fournaise, a restaurant on the Seine at Chatou, under a striped awning, with bottles and fruit on the white cloth and the river glimpsed through the railing. Renoir painted it in 1880 and 1881, and the sitters are identifiable: his future wife Aline Charigot plays with a small dog at the left, the painter Gustave Caillebotte sits backwards on a chair at the right, and the restaurant owner's children lean on the rail. He worked on it over several months, posing friends when he could get them. It was shown at the seventh Impressionist exhibition in 1882. Duncan Phillips bought it in 1923 for his new museum in Washington, where it remains.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A long lunch under a striped awning belongs in a dining room or kitchen, over the table or sideboard at 24×36, where the white cloth, bottles and fruit echo the room. Natural wood on cream or soft green; it is a warm, sociable picture.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1880–1881)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, living room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
The full-bleed edition
The same plate printed edge-to-edge, filling the whole sheet — bold and immersive.
