Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir

So much better than Instagram! Pierre-Auguste Renoir invited 14 friends to lunch one summer--several lunches actually--and ended up creating this spectacular work of art. 

In today’s episode we find out about this happy group and that beautiful riverside restaurant they’re clearly enjoying. And I’ll tell you a pretty funny story about how Duncan Phillips was able to get this stunner for his new modern art museum, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. 

SHOW NOTES 

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music “Parisian” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

From Blue Dot Sessions: “Via Verre” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306837

“Symphony 40 In G Minor” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306840

“Etude 9 Stefan” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306841

Artwork information  https://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/luncheon-boating-party

https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2017-10-06-renoir-and-friends-luncheon-boating-party

“The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A collection in the making” by Duncan Philips and David W. Scott. 1999. Edited by Erika D. Passantino. Washington, DC: Phillips Collection in association with Yale University New Haven.

Sitters identified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luncheon_of_the_Boating_Party

Holston papers William H. Holston papers, 1915-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Reel D-169 #1029-31

“Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Susan Vreeland https://bookshop.org/p/books/luncheon-of-the-boating-party-susan-vreeland/11716075?ean=9780143113522&next=t

Maison Fournaise https://www.maisonfournaise.com 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Fournaise