the skiff auguste renoirPainted in 1875, The Skiff depicts a boating scene on the Seine at Chatou, an emblematic spot for the nautical leisure of the nineteenth century Parisian bourgeoisie. Nicknamed by Auguste Renoir himself the "River of the Impressionists," this stretch of the Seine drew at the time a crowd of painters eager to capture the bustle of Sundays by the water. Rowing, a rapidly expanding sport under the Third Republic, became a favoured subject of