Children's Afternoon at Wargemont — Renoir | Postcard by Zolota Ptakha

Painted in 1884 and now in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Children's Afternoon at Wargemont is one of Renoir's most generous interior compositions. Three daughters of the banker-collector Paul Bérard share a sunlit drawing room on the Normandy coast: the eldest sews quietly at a small table, the youngest cradles her doll in a blue sailor dress, while the middle sister stretches across a green-striped sofa with an open picture book. Geraniums spark red against a window of summer sky.

Renoir is leaving Impressionism's loose touch here for clearer drawing and brighter colour — the so-called "Ingres period". The room sings with patterned textiles, but the children's quiet pace keeps it intimate.

A card for collectors of bright domestic scenes and for letters that arrive on a long, slow afternoon.

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