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Books:
Renoir: His Life and Works -- Francesca Castellani;
Hardcover Book Description
Featuring more that 250 color reproductions, this
comprehensive edition explores Renoir's formative years,
his artistic evolution among the Impressionist painters
of the Parisian art world, and the fame he enjoyed
before his death in 1919. Includes extensive critical
text and captions.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Treasures of Art) -- Trewin
Copplestone; Hardcover Ingram
Here is an exclusive and brand-new jacketed, hardcover
art series with a format that means value! The world's
most famous artists are highlighted in these concise and
vibrantly colorful volumes. Each book in the series
contains 80 pages of full-color reproductions along with
authoritative text about
Renoir : His Life, Art, and Letters -- Barbara Ehrlich White; Hardcover This stunning book is a lavish celebration of Renoir's life, exploring his early formative years and his rapid progression into one of the world's most highly respected Impressionist painters. More than 250 of the artist's better known works are reproduced with amazing clarity, and are a testament
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Pierre Auguste Renoir. 1841 -
1919 Born 1841 the son of a tailor in Limoges, France. When he was only 4 years old his family decided to move to Paris. When Pierre became 13 he was apprenticed to a painter in a factory which made and decorated china-ware. Here he was trained to paint in the 18th century style. To earn extra money he sold copies of 18th century paintings which he copied in the Louvre, Paris and also attended classes in the evenings to try to improve his painting technique. When he was 21 he joined the studio of Gleyre where he became aquatinted with other artists and became friends with Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. His painting was interrupted by the onset of the war between France and Prussia and during this time only a few paintings were completed. After the was over, his paintings began to become much richer in colour, mainly due to his friendship and involvement with the Impressionists. The majority of the Impressionists were involved with painting nature and landscapes, but Renoir chose to include figures and people in his pictures and his style began to progress and develop as he began to include children as the main subject with a garden or landscape background. The children in his paintings appear to be aware of their importance within the picture and his skill of portraying the young child in a floral background proved very popular with his clients. He painted right up to the day he died even though he had extreme difficulty holding his brushes due to a long and painful illness. He became one of the most important of the French Impressionists and his paintings are enjoyed by many art lovers throughout the world. Died 1919 Collections of paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Renoir paintings. The Artchive. Web Museum, Paris. Tate Gallery, London. Auguste Renoir Gallery Biography. Gardens of sunlight |