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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French, 1841-1919
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, in 1841. His father, Léonard Renoir, was a tailor of modest means, so in 1844, Renoir's family moved to Paris in search of more favorable prospects. The location of their home, in rue d’Argenteuil in central Paris, placed Renoir in proximity to the Louvre. Although the young Renoir had a natural proclivity for drawing, he exhibited a greater talent for singing. His talent was encouraged by his teacher, Charles Gounod, who was the choir-master at the Church of St Roch at the time. However, due to the family's financial circumstances, Renoir had to discontinue his music lessons and leave school at the age of thirteen to pursue an apprenticeship at a porcelain factory.

Although Renoir displayed a talent for his work, he frequently tired of the subject matter and sought refuge in the galleries of the Louvre. The owner of the factory recognized his apprentice's talent and communicated this to Renoir's family. Following this, Renoir started taking lessons to prepare for entry into Ecole des Beaux Arts.

In 1862, he began studying art under Charles Gleyre in Paris. There he met Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet. At times, during the 1860s, he did not have enough money to buy paint. Renoir had his first success at the Salon of 1868 with his painting Lise with a Parasol (1867), which depicted Lise Tréhot, his lover at the time. Although Renoir first started exhibiting paintings at the Paris Salon in 1864, recognition was slow in coming, partly as a result of the turmoil of the Franco-Prussian War.

Renoir was inspired by the style and subject matter of previous modern painters Camille Pissarro and Edouard Manet. After a series of rejections by the Salon juries, he joined forces with Monet, Sisley, Pissarro, and several other artists to mount the first Impressionist exhibition in April 1874, in which Renoir displayed six paintings. Although the critical response to the exhibition was largely unfavorable, Renoir's work was comparatively well received. That same year, two of his works were shown with Durand-Ruel in London.

In 1890, he married Aline Victorine Charigot, a dressmaker twenty years his junior, who, along with a number of the artist's friends, had already served as a model for Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party – she is the woman on the left playing with the dog) in 1881, and with whom he had already had a child, Pierre, in 1885. After his marriage, Renoir painted many scenes of his wife and daily family life including their children and their nurse, Aline's cousin Gabrielle Renard. The Renoirs had three sons: Pierre Renoir (1885-1952), who became a stage and film actor; Jean Renoir (1894-1979), who became a filmmaker of note; and Claude Renoir (1901-1969), who became a ceramic artist.

Around 1892, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis. In 1907, he moved to the warmer climate of "Les Collettes," a farm at the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, close to the Mediterranean coast. Renoir painted during the last twenty years of his life even after his arthritis severely limited his mobility. He developed progressive deformities in his hands and ankylosis of his right shoulder, requiring him to change his painting technique.

Renoir died at Cagnes-sur-Mer on 3 December 1919.

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Maisons à Essoyes

Maisons à Essoyes (1890)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Moulin sur la colline de Montmartre

Moulin sur la colline de Montmartre (circa 1905)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Paysage à Saint-Chamas

Paysage à Saint-Chamas (circa 1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Paysage aux oliviers

Paysage aux oliviers (1901)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Paysage avec femme en bleu et Zaza à Cagnes

Paysage avec femme en bleu et Zaza à Cagnes (1919)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Paysage, les arbres

Paysage, les arbres (circa 1915)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Pommes dans un plat et panier

Pommes dans un plat et panier (circa 1900)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Bouquet de roses dans un vase

Bouquet de roses dans un vase (1906)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Melon et tomates

Melon et tomates (1903)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Anémones au vase de Delft

Anémones au vase de Delft (1910)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Carafe, verre et sucrier

Carafe, verre et sucrier (circa 1905)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Fleurs

Fleurs (1914-19)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Pêches et prunes

Pêches et prunes (1919)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Pêches

Pêches (circa 1904)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Petite soupière

Petite soupière (circa 1910-1912)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Rougets grondins

Rougets grondins (circa 1890)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Sucrier, gobelet, cuillère et couteau

Sucrier, gobelet, cuillère et couteau (circa 1910)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Arbres au bord de l’eau et voilier

Arbres au bord de l’eau et voilier (circa 1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Abstract
Bathing Women

Bathing Women

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Conversation

Conversation (1878)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Young Parisian

Young Parisian (ca 1875)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Narcisses—Fragment (Frise du second cadre de Madame de Galéa)

Narcisses—Fragment (Frise du second cadre de Madame de Galéa) (circa 1915)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Botanical
Buste au chapeau

Buste au chapeau

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Petit bras de Seine à Argenteuil

Petit bras de Seine à Argenteuil (1873)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Esquisse pour Oedipe (partie supérieure)

Esquisse pour Oedipe (partie supérieure) (1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Profil de jeune fille

Profil de jeune fille (1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Pinning the Hat

Pinning the Hat (1898)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
L’Enfant à la capuche

L’Enfant à la capuche (1881)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Jeune paysanne

Jeune paysanne (circa 1889-1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
Jeunes femmes dans un jardin

Jeunes femmes dans un jardin (1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Figurative
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