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10 things to know about Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A guide to the artist who was one of the founding fathers of Impressionism, and is famed today for his lush depictions of female sensuality — illustrated with works offered at Christie’s
Renoir’s early life was shaped by poverty
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 in Limoges in south-west France. His father was a tailor and his mother was a dressmaker, which is perhaps significant given that he would go on to become fascinated by fashion.
In his early life he was appreciated more for his singing than for his drawing. He took music lessons until his family encountered financial difficulties, which forced him to leave school and begin work as a painter in a porcelain factory.
As a young man Renoir moved to Paris, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and later joined the studio of Charles Gleyre (1806-1874). Although he sometimes didn’t have enough money to buy paint, he lived close to the Louvre, where he
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
"Renoir" redirects here. For other people named Renoir, see Renoir (surname). For the 2012 film, see Renoir (film).
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (;[1]French:[pjɛʁoɡystʁənwaʁ]; 25 February 1841 – 3 månad 1919) 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 sista representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."[2]
He was the father of actor Pierre Renoir (1885–1952), filmskapare Jean Renoir (1894–1979) and ceramic artist Claude Renoir (1901–1969). He was the grandfather of the filmmaker Claude Renoir (1913–1993), son of Pierre.
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[edit]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
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Barbara Ehrlich White,
Renoir: An Intimate Biography.
New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2017.
432 pp.; 58 color and 47 b&w illus.; notes; bibliography; index.
$39.95
ISBN: 9780500239575
Barbara Ehrlich White’s newest publication on Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) fryst vatten the culmination of a career of scholarly work on the artist, and, most notably, an intense study of Renoir’s letters and those of his friends, family, and associates. Renoir: An Intimate Biography is a companion to, and a revision of, White’s Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters (1984, reprinted 2010). The earlier volume reflected on 1,000 letters concerning the artist, and in the intervening years White has discovered and consulted an additional 2,000 relevant letters. The 1984 publication, illustrated on nearly every page, gives greater attention to Renoir’s paintings and quotes more liberally from his letters. Renoir: An Intimate Biography has the feel of a historical novel—even in its physical appearance, whic