Two Sisters (On the Terrace) basket containing balls of wool. Over the railings of the terrace one can see shrubbery and foliage with the River Seine behind it. In 1880 to 1881, shortly before working on "Two Sisters", Renoir worked in this particular location on another well-known painting, "Luncheon of the Boating Party". Jeanne Darlot (1863—1914), a future actress who was 18 years old at the time, was posing as "the elder sister." It is unknown who posed as the "younger sister," but it is stated that the models were not actually related. Renoir began work on the painting in April 1881 and on July
The Boating Party x117 cm) The Chester Dale Collection. The Boating Party The Boating Party is an 1893 oil painting by American artist Mary Cassatt. It has been in the collection of the National Gallery of Art since 1963. Cassatt painted "The Boating Party" during the winter of 18931894 in Antibes, on the French Riviera. Cassatt spent January and February 1894 at the Villa "La Cigaronne," in Cap d'Antibes with her mother. Cassatt was 49 years old when she painted "The Boating Party". 1893 had been a successful year for her: she had completed the mural "Modern Woman", commissioned for the Woman's Building