The Grands Boulevards | |
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French: Les Grands Boulevards | |
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Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Year | 1875 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 52.1 cm × 63.5 cm (20.5 in × 25.0 in) |
Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
The Grands Boulevards (French: Les Grands Boulevards) is an oil on canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painted in 1875. The painting illustrates a busy Paris boulevard, showing the effects of industrialisation and Haussmannisation. The image is housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is considered Renoir's most famous view of Paris.