Apart from landscapes, women and children were often the subject of Renoir’s many artworks.
Another key member of the movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a close friend of Monet and the pair would try capture the scenery along the Seine, near Paris, during the 1870s. Apart from landscapes, women and children were often the subject of Renoir’s many artworks. This would help to explain why an en plair eir setting wasn’t as crucial in his artistic process as much as it would have been for his fellow Impressionists.