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Pierre August Renoir (France) 1841- |  ARTIST PROFILE
Auguste Renoir was the son of a tailor from Limoges. His father decided to move to Paris in 1845, where the young Renoir was sent to work at the age of 13 as an apprentice to a painter in a china-ware factory, where he learned to imitate the great Rococo painters of the 18th century.
Attracted to the
Louvre where he studied the paintings of the old masters, he earned some money by copying 18th century paintings. He attended evening classes, and at the age of 21 he became a member of the studio of M.G.C. Gleyre, where he made friends with many of his contemporaries, including Claude Monet, Alfred
Sisley and Jean Bazille.
Renoir was influenced, during his first years, by the Barbizon School, as well as Gustave Courbet. However in common with his contemporaries, Renoir was disenchanted with the formal tuition of the studios, and the forest of Fontainbleau, was a working ground for him.
His early paintings were not appreciated neither by the critics nor the public. However this was common for all the impressionist artists, and it was not before a decade after the start of their movement, that their revolutionary approach had become accepted.
His artistic progress was interrupted
during the Franco-Prussian War, but soon after the fighting stopped, he took up painting again, and for the next ten years he was very much associated with the Impressionists, where rich colour, delicate brush stokes, and light palette created a highly individual style.
Renoir was much more concerned
with human form rather than nature and landscape, which was Monet’s favourite subject. He loved to show the bustling life of Paris. During a visit to Italy in 1881, Renoir studied Raphaels work and for some years after that his work was characterized by more detailed and structural quality. However
by 1880 he moved back to colour and more sensuous handling of paint. Also the nude female figure became his more common subject.
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RELATED EXHIBITIONS
 Amsterdam : Painting Quickly in France, 1869-1890
Atlanta : A Passion for Renoir. Five Great Paintings from the Clark Art Institute
Brisbane : Renoir to Picasso, Masterpieces from the Musee de l’Orangerie
Buffalo : The Triumph of French Painting
Dayton : The Triumph of French Painting. Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse
Las Vegas : Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the Hermitage and Guggenheim Museums
Madrid : Form and the Classical Ideal in Modern Art
Munich : The Rau collection featuring masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard
New York : The Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Postimpressionist Masterpieces
Poughkeepsie, NY : From Manet to Picasso, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Prints and Drawings
Sydney : Renoir to Picasso, Masterpieces from the Musee de l’Orangerie
Washington : Impressionist Still Life
Links
Auguste Renoir - The Gallery
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ARTIST WORKS
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 | | Title: | After the Bath | | Medium: | 1888, dimensions 65?54cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | At the Piano | | Medium: | 1892, dimensions 116?90cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Musee d'Orsay | |
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 | | Title: | Conversation with the Gardener | | Medium: | 1875, dimensions 51?63cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Art Institute of Chicago | |
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 | | Title: | Country footpath in the Summer | | Medium: | ~1875, dimensions 60?74cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Musee d'Orsay | |
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 | | Title: | Girl with a Parasol | | Medium: | 1883, dimensions 130?79cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | David Weill Collection | |
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 | | Title: | La Grenouillere | | Medium: | 1869, dimensions 66?81cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Nationalmuseum | |
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 | | Title: | Moulin de la Galette | | Medium: | 1876, dimensions 130?175cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Musee d'Orsay | |
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