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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Leading French Impressionist known for vibrant light and feminine beauty.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French Impressionist artist who lived from 25 February 1841 to 3 December 1919.[1][2] His paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions.[3][4] Renoir frequently chose to depict the unclothed female form in his artwork.[3][4]

Quick Facts

Born
25 February 1841
Birthplace
Limoges, France
Died
3 December 1919
Place of death
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Children
3, including Pierre and Jean
Relatives
Claude Renoir (grandson)
Movement
Impressionism

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Renoir was born in Limoges, France, in 1841, and his family moved to Paris in 1844.[5] He joined forces with Monet and others to mount the First Impressionist Exhibition in April 1874.[6] In 1890, he married Aline Victorine Charigot, who had modeled for Le Déjeuner des canotiers.[7] Léonard Renoir, the artist's father, worked as a tailor with limited financial resources, and the family's residence on rue d'Argenteuil put them close to the Louvre museum.[5]

The choirmaster at St Roch, Charles Gounod, fostered Renoir's stronger vocal abilities, even though drawing came naturally to him as well.[5] Money troubles forced Renoir to end his music studies and, at thirteen, begin working as an apprentice in a porcelain factory instead of continuing his schooling.[5] Art instruction under Charles Gleyre in Paris began for Renoir in 1862, and during that time he became acquainted with fellow students Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet.[8] The painting Lise with a Parasol (1867) brought Renoir his initial recognition when it was shown at the Salon of 1868.[9]

Following the favorable reception of Mme Charpentier and her Children (1878) at the 1879 Salon, Renoir had achieved both popularity and financial success as an artist by the close of the 1870s.[10] Rheumatoid arthritis began affecting Renoir around 1892, and over time his hands developed progressive deformities along with ankylosis of his right shoulder, which forced alterations to his painting method.[11][12]

What the cited sources add

A reviewer in Le Figaro in 1876 wrote that a woman's torso in Renoir's work looked like "a mass of decomposing flesh".[4][3] Renoir exhibited La Parisienne at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, held at the studio of photographer Nadar.[4] The Art Story account notes that Renoir was essential to developing Impressionist style in the late 1860s alongside Claude Monet.[13] Renoir's great-grandson, Alexandre Renoir, has become a professional artist, and in 2018 the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center hosted an exhibition of his works titled Beauty Remains.[14][15]

The exhibition title comes from Renoir's quote: "The pain passes, but the beauty remains".[14][15]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Renoir". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "Renoir". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.. facts only, no text reused. dictionary.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "La Parisienne, Renoir (1874)", The Guardian, 16 June 2001 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "La Parisienne, Renoir (1874)", The Guardian, 16 June 2001. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  5. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Renoir, Jean: Renoir, My Father, pages 57–67. Collins, 1962.; Jennings, "History & Techniques of the Great Masters: Renoir", Quantum Publishing Ltd., 2003, p. 6 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Haine, "The History of France", Greenwood Press, 2000, p. 112 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Renoir, "Renoir, My Father", NYRB Classics, 2001, p. 200; Wadley, p. 25. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vollard, page 30. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Distel, Anne. "Renoir, Auguste." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 27 December 2014.; Wadley, Nicholas: Renoir, A Retrospective, page 15. Park Lane, 1989. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Distel, Anne. "Renoir, Auguste." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 27 December 2014. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wadley, page 28. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: André, Albert: Renoir. Crés, 1928.; Boonen, "Boonen, A.; van de Rest, J.; Dequeker, J.; van der Linden, S.: "How Renoir Coped with Rheumatoid Arthritis". British Medical Journal, 1997:315:1704–1708", BMJ, 20 December 1997, p. 1704–1708; Boonen, "Boonen, A.; van de Rest, J.; Dequeker, J.; van der Linden, S.: "How Renoir Coped with Rheumatoid Arthritis". British Medical Journal, 1997:315:1704–1708", BMJ, 20 December 1997, p. 1704–1708 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. "Renoir Biography, Life & Quotes", The Art Story. facts only, no text reused. theartstory.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Alexandre Renoir Exhibit at Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center in Hendersonville", news.yahoo.com, 9 May 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  15. "Alexandre Renoir Exhibit at Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center in Hendersonville", news.yahoo.com, 9 May 2018. facts only, no text reused. news.yahoo.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Pierre-Auguste Renoir (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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