Renoir masterfully created Luncheon of the Boating Party's enchanting mood by capturing a contemporary moment - 19th-century leisure on the Seine - and the universal appeal of celebration. He also combined several of the traditional categories of painting: still life, landscape, portraiture and genre. The result is a timeless work that captures the atmosphere of an idyllic place, where friends share the pleasures of food, wine and conversation. Scala's new 4-fold format is ideal for displaying this exquisite painting. It showcases archival photographs that identify the revellers, and x-rays of the painting, which reveal little-known compositional changes, as well as details and images that fold out to bring this late 19th-century icon to life. 38 colour & 19 b/w illustrations