Fruits of the Midi

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Fruits of the Midi, 1881. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 51 × 65 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: Fruits of the Midi
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
Date: 1881
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 × 65 cm (20 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.); Framed: 70.2 × 85.1 × 8.9 cm (27 5/8 × 33 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1841–1919

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.