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1841 - 1919

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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A French painter, portraitist, graphic artist and sculptor, a founder of the first modernist movement – Impressionism (along with Claude Monet, Frédéric Bazille, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro). He is deservedly considered the author of a sentimental portrait.

Key ideas:

– As a follower of Impressionism (although during only about the first 10 years of its existence), Renoir embodied emotion (impression) through a quick pictorial sketch obtained from the first impression.

– The image of a fleeting moment is present in individual chamber or family portraits and in large-scale multi-figure paintings.

– Searching for the truth in art, Renoir radically changes his own painting style at different times, constantly trying out new coloristic ways and solutions: he refuses from the light palette in favor of rich, even aggressive red; then he uses the polyphony of black color, or focuses on the exceptional clarity of the pattern.

– It is interesting that the artist himself declared that he doesn’t understand anything in painting and cannot stand theories of art, as well as the “intellectuals” in general. He was more interested in women, roses and children; it was reflected in the themes of paintings by the original artist.

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The birth of the artist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on the 25th of February in 1841 in the south of Central France in the town of Limoges.

The Renoirs moved to Paris

The Renoirs moved to Paris.

Auguste painted porcelain products, curtains, fans and walls in a cafe

Auguste worked, painting first porcelain products, and then curtains, fans and walls in a cafe.

Studied at the School of Fine Arts

Studied at the School of Fine Arts, and then at the workshop of Gleyre, where he became friends with F. Bazille, C. Monet, A. Sisley. Created plein-air paintings, painted human figures in the light-air environment.

He was drafted into the army in the Franco-Prussian war

He was drafted into the army in the Franco-Prussian war; after returning, he continued to paint and traveled a lot.

Married Alina Sharigo

Married Alina Sharigo, with whom he had son Pierre in 1885. In 1894, their second son Jean was born. In 1901 – Claude that became a favorite model for his father, who called him “Coco”.

Enjoyed the success at a large personal exhibition

Enjoyed the success at a large personal exhibition at the gallery Duray-Ruel; one of his paintings was purchased for the Luxembourg Museum.

The onset of severe arthritic disease

The onset of severe arthritic disease, which made it hard for him to move, twisted his fingers and eventually caused paralysis.

Renoir became a knight of the Legion of Honor

Renoir became a knight of the Legion of Honor, later – an officer of the Legion of Honor (in 1911).

Moved to the Colette estate

Moved to the Colette estate of the small town of Cagnes-sur-Mer.

“Umbrellas”

The painting “Umbrellas” exhibited at the National Gallery in London, was approved and Renoir received hundreds of congratulations.

The death of the artist

In August, the artist traveled to Paris to visit the Louvre, where his picture was exhibited; on December 2, a 78-year-old painter died in Cagnes-sur-Mer from pneumonia. Was buried in Essoyes.