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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
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Renoir, c. 1875 |
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a leading French Impressionist artist.
- In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as
'the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau.'
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He was the father of the actor Pierre Renoir (1885–1952), the filmmaker Jean Renoir (1894–1979) and the ceramic artist Claude Renoir (1901–1969).
- He was the grandfather of the filmmaker Claude Renoir (1913–1993), son of Pierre.
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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
of 1864, recognition was slow in coming, partly as a result of the turmoil of the Franco-Prussian War.
(Wikipedia)
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An artist, under pain of oblivion,
must have confidence in himself,
and listen only to his real master: Nature.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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