Diana
Artist: Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)
Original Dimensions: 78 9/16" x 51"
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About Artwork: (1867) "Renoir had his girlfriend Lise Tréhot pose as the ancient Roman goddess Diana. He chose a mythological subject and painted it at grand scale in hopes of getting this picture into the largest art show of the time, the Salon. But the jury rejected it. The realism of the sitter’s body and the bloody head of the dead deer at her feet must have been too much for them. Seven years later, Renoir would participate in the first impressionist exhibition. Although he continued submitting to the Salon, he generally exhibited in alternative spaces and dealer galleries." - (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

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