Young Girl in a Blue Dress, ca. 1890, Watercolor with gouache highlights on thick cream wove paper, Image: 8 3/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20. 8 x 16 cm), Drawings, Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841?1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer), This watercolor is a masterpiece of spontaneous portraiture. The precise layering of watercolor and gouache creates delicate tonal variations in the context of a particularly unforgiving medium. Renoir?s deft handling of his watercolors brings the figure vibrantly to life