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Berthe Morisot was the only woman in the group. She here combines an interesting variety of blues and tans to give the effect of texture and of light indoors, instead of in the open-air, as did most of them.
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CAMILL PISSARRO, 1831-1903.
20. Paysannes au repos. Painted in 1884.
Peasant girls resting. Sunlight and more sunlight. Pissarro uses very small strokes brilliant and contrasting colors laid side by side to get  his effect.
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21. Cours la Reine, Rouen. Painted in 1888.
Signed, lower-right.

The river near. Cool, pale color with carefully balanced design, and the effect of slightly misty sunlight in early summer.
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22. Jardin des Tuileries. Painted in 1889
Signed and dated, lower-left.

The Garden of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, a spring afternoon, near sunset. A study in "atmospheric perspective"; or the way in which color changes with distance; and the particular effect of a certain kind of condition of the air and the sunlight.
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AUGUSTE RENOIR, 1841-1919
23. Les Pecheuses de Moules. Painted in 1879.
Signed and dated, lower-right. 
Fisher people at the edge of the sea. An example of the artists development of "vibrant" color in flesh tones and clothing, with the pearly sea painted in red, violet, blue and green. Renoir was famous for the charm of the children he painted.
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24. Jeune femme regardant une estampe. Painted in 1890. Signed, lower-right 
A young woman looking at a print. Renoir's famous feathery brush stroke shows to advantage in this painting. The maturity of his work at this period is apparent in comparison with the earlier and later paintings in the exhibition. 
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25. Jeune fille a la toilette. Painted in 1893. 
Signed, upper-right 

A young woman combing her hair. Renoir constantly painted the play of light upon the faces and figures of women, French girls of the middle class. 
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