The original oil painting The Boy with the Cat (Le garcon au chat) was created in oils on canvas by Renoir in 1868: Therefore this oil painting is among his early works. Today the original is part of the public collection at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The Boy with the Cat was bought by the museum in 1992 and is one of the few early works the museum possesses. The reproduction hand painted oil on canvas wall art we offer replicates this unusual piece to the highest standards. Why unusual? Because the Boy with the Cat has no mythological reference and has no equal within Renoir’s work.

The young boy with the somewhat wily look is not a known model: His ambience perhaps reflecting the clever cunning character associated with the cat he is fussing. This oil painting was created by Renoir at what was to be one of the first and most notable turning points in his career. Renoir’s oil paintings which reflected the bolder Impressionist style he was moving toward at this point were persistently refused by the Paris Salon; although some of his oil paintings were accepted from 1864. The Boy with the Cat is realistic the colors cool: Reminiscent of the Impressionists greatest influences, Courbet and Manet. This oil painting represents an important milestone for Impressionism and Renoir: An intriguing work of art.