Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir lived from 1841 to 1919. His famous painting Luncheon of the Boating Party (Le déjeuner des canotiers) was completed in 1881. Combining figures, still-life and landscape in one painting, it depicts a groups of Renoir’s friends relaxing on a balcony overlooking the Seine River in Chatou, France.