Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland
Recently I blogged about an article published in the
Washington post regarding paintings and artifacts that can be found in various
museums all over the District of Columbia. One item I did not discuss that was
mentioned in this article was the painting by Renoir’s entitled “Luncheon of
the Boating Party”. This is part of the
Phillips Collection and is one of the paintings that are always on display.
The painting is a collection of people. Several of the
subjects in the picture where friends of the artist. One of the women in the picture was eventually
to become his wife. Seeing a picture
like this makes you think who are these people? what are they like? Apparently Susan Vreeland felt the same way
because she wrote an entire book and created stories and dialogue around each
of them. So she took interpretation of
the painting a couple of steps further than usual. The characters came alive
under her narrative.
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