Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Umbrellas"

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "The Umbrellas," c.1881-86; © The National Gallery, London.

Renoir's The Umbrellas at the National Gallery, London; Artnet, September 2019.

This is a very popular Renoir, and hundreds of reproductions are available, many with the types of altered coloring seen in the images below. The first example has changed the blues, given the faces a slightly flushed look, turned the clouds pink, and obscured some of the detail. The second one has also misrepresented the blue tones, and the faces and clouds have gone a bit green. There's also a lot of blotchiness in places where there should be detail. Luckily, a first-hand photo is easily available at the National Gallery's website, and provides an excellent digital copy of the original.

Altered version of a painting by Auguste Renoir.

Altered version of a painting by Auguste Renoir.