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Detail from Renoir, 'The Umbrellas', about 1881-6.

Renoir, 'The Umbrellas', about 1881-6.

A bustling Paris street in the rain. But why does the woman on the right look so different from the other figures in the painting?

What is it that makes her seem more in focus?

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