RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste
(b, 1841, Limoges, d. 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer)

Odalisque (Woman of Algiers)

1870
Oil on canvas, 69 x 123 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

This picture was painted in the Oriental style which was in fashion since Delacroix's Women of Algiers. The model for the painting was Lise Tréhot, the artist's mistress.