The Swing ☰ Renoir ☴ Art Print sunset an evil monk

an evil monk

The painting also suggests sensory experience beyond simply viewing the scene

and dark ape-like shape lurking in the background

The painting and others like it were exhibited in the Paris Salon

symbolizing anxiety

The Swing ☰ Renoir ☴ Art Print sunset an evil monkThe Swing (1876, La Balanoire) by Pierre Auguste Renoir was painted during his time at Montmarte in Paris, created at about the same time as Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette. Another representation of everyday life, a young man seen from behind is talking to a young woman standing on a swing, watched by a little girl and another man, leaning against a tree. The model was Jeanne Samary, who appears in many of Renoir's paintings, and the two men are his