Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), 1914, Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 29 in. (92.1 x 73.7 cm), Paintings, Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer), In July 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I, the famous German actress Tilla Durieux traveled to Paris with her husband, the art dealer Paul Cassirer, to pose for Renoir. The classicizing, pyramidal format of this composition lends a certain grandeur to the sitter, attired in the costume that the couturier Poiret designed for her role as Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion in 1913
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Tilla Durieux, Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971, 1914, Oil, canvas, 36 1/4 x 29, 92.1 73.7 cm, Paintings, Auguste Renoir, French, Limoges, 1841–1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer, July, prior, outbreak, World War, I, famous German, actress, Tilla, Durieux, traveled, Paris, husband, art dealer, Paul, Cassirer, pose, Renoir, classicizing, pyramidal format, composition lends, certain grandeur, sitter, attired, costume, couturier Poiret, designed, role, Eliza Doolittle, George Bernard, Shaw, Pygmalion, 1913
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