Which Impressionist artist painted 'The Luncheon of the Boating Party'?

Which Impressionist artist painted The Luncheon of the Boating Party? Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted it.

Renoir created the large oil painting in 1881, showing friends relaxing on the balcony of Maison Fournaise, a restaurant and boat-rental establishment beside the Seine at Chatou. The scene combines a group portrait, still life, landscape, and shifting sunlight in one lively composition.

The figures include Renoir’s future wife, Aline Charigot, playing with a small dog, and the painter and patron Gustave Caillebotte in the lower-right foreground. Other sitters included actresses, artists, and people connected with the restaurant. Their identities help explain why the work feels both socially specific and informal.

The painting was exhibited at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, where several critics singled it out as the show’s best work. It is now held by The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. A frequent mix-up is to associate the painting with Monet because of its sunlight and outdoor setting; its artist, however, was Renoir.