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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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Landscape with Woman and Dog (Femme et chien dans un paysage)

Landscape with Woman and Dog (Femme et chien dans un paysage) (1917)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Landscape with Woman Gardening (Paysage et femme jardinant)

Landscape with Woman Gardening (Paysage et femme jardinant) (c. 1896)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Landscape, La Gaude (Paysage, La Gaude)

Landscape, La Gaude (Paysage, La Gaude) (c. 1910)

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

Landscape (1890)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Mont Sainte-Victoire

Mont Sainte-Victoire (ca. 1888–89)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Montagne Sainte-Victoire (Paysage)

Montagne Sainte-Victoire (Paysage) (1889)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Near the Lake

Near the Lake (1879)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Oarsmen at Chatou

Oarsmen at Chatou (1879)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Peninsula of Saint-Jean

Peninsula of Saint-Jean (1893)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Picking Flowers

Picking Flowers (1875)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Picnic (Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe)

Picnic (Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe) (c. 1893)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Seascape

Seascape (1879)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Seated Woman with Sea in the Distance (Femme assise au bord de la mer)

Seated Woman with Sea in the Distance (Femme assise au bord de la mer) (c. 1917)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
The Auvers Valley on the Oise River

The Auvers Valley on the Oise River (1884–1906)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
The Duck Pond

The Duck Pond (1873)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
The Mussel Harvest

The Mussel Harvest (1879)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
The Seine at Argenteuil (La Seine à Argenteuil)

The Seine at Argenteuil (La Seine à Argenteuil) (1888)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
The Seine at Chatou

The Seine at Chatou (1874)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Two Figures on a Path (Deux figures dans un sentier)

Two Figures on a Path (Deux figures dans un sentier) (c. 1906)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Versailles

Versailles (1900–1905)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
View from the Garden of the Post Office, Cagnes (Village vu du jardin de la poste, Cagnes)

View from the Garden of the Post Office, Cagnes (Village vu du jardin de la poste, Cagnes) (c. 1908)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin

View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin (c. 1884)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Woman and Child in the Grass (Femme avec enfant sur l’herbe)

Woman and Child in the Grass (Femme avec enfant sur l’herbe) (1898)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Landscape
Anemones (Anémones)

Anemones (Anémones) (c. 1907)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Bouquet of Roses (Bouquet de roses)

Bouquet of Roses (Bouquet de roses) (1900)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Flowers in a Green Vase (Fleurs dans un vase vert)

Flowers in a Green Vase (Fleurs dans un vase vert) (c. 1912)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Lemons and Orange (Citrons et orange)

Lemons and Orange (Citrons et orange) (c. 1913)

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

Pears (Poires) (c. 1890)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Still Life
Vase of Flowers (Vase de fleurs )

Vase of Flowers (Vase de fleurs ) (c. 1889)

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

Anemones (Anémones) (c. 1912)

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