Renoir - Mother's Anthony's Inn at Marlotte

Renoir - Mother's Anthony's Inn at Marlotte, 1866
Oil on canvas
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

It is evening and the artists came for a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. The wall of the inn is painted by some of Barbizon's artists, just for fun. Mother Anthony is behind the table, showing us her back. L’Evénement of the day arrived from Paris and is now laying on the table.

The maid is gathering the plates while the man with the hat (an artist) is explaining some secrets of the plain-air techniques to the other gentleman seated. The man standing is another of Barbizon's artists. One of the two painters (I don't know exactly which of them) is Frédéric Bazille. The guys seem not to be aware that we are looking at them, the only character who responds to our look is the doggy.

(In the Forest of Fontainebleau - from Corot to Monet)

(Renoir)