Bathers Playing with a Crab by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1897. oil on canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Bathers Playing with a Crab · Pierre-Auguste Renoir · c. 1897 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Bathers Playing with a Crab

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Year
c. 1897
Medium
oil on canvas
License
Public Domain

Renoir’s ‘Bathers Playing with a Crab’ features two figures interacting with a small crustacean. Painted around 1897, it captures a playful moment in oil on fabric.

The painting measures 81.3 x 65.1 cm. It is part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection, classified under 19th-century French culture.

Renoir’s work often depicted scenes of leisure and beauty. This piece highlights his interest in capturing the vitality and innocence of human interaction.

Renoir was active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He produced around 4000 paintings in his lifetime.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.269