Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Also known as Auguste Renoir, Pjer-Ogist Renoar, Pierre Auguste Renoir, August Renoir, Pierre August Renoir, firmin auguste renoir, p.a. renoir, renoir p.a.
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French painter and sculptor who lived from 1841 to 1919 and is considered one of the leading figures of Impressionism, a major art movement that revolutionized how artists approached light, color, and everyday subjects. His work remains influential in art history and is celebrated in major museums around the world for his distinctive style and contributions to modern art.
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- “[ Bazille..] had not died romantically, galloping over a Delacroix' battlefield.. ..but stupidly, during the retreat, on a muddy road.. ..that pure-hearted gentle knight.. [quote, shortly after 1870, on the death of Bazille].”
- “What are we supposed to do [reacting furiously on art-critic Jules Castagnary who proclaimed the so-called new School of Impressionism, 29 April 1874 in the Paris journal 'Le Siècle'] about these stupid literary people who will never understand that painting is a craft! You make it with materials, not ideas! The ideas come afterwards, when the painting is finished.”
- “Alas I shall very probably not be able to dine with you [madame Charpentier who frequently had receptions in Paris which Renoir frequently visited]. I began a portrait this morning; I begin another this evening, and it is extremely likely that I shall have a third to do afterwards. If I have to stay for dinner, and begin tomorrow, all these people will go away, and my head is in a complete muddle with them.”
- “You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and not composing the picture at all; and he soon becomes monotonous.”
- “It [his participating in the 7th exhibition of the Impressionists, combined with showing his work on the official Salon] isn't exactly a joy, but as I have said, it lets me out of the revolutionary side of the business, which I'm nervous of.. .It's a little weakness which I hope will be forgiven me [by the other impressionists].. .Delacroix used to say, quite rightly, that a painter should win as many honours as possible.”
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (/rɛnˈwɑːr/; French: [pjɛʁ oɡyst ʁənwaʁ]; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 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."
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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1841 births1919 deaths19th-century French male artists19th-century French painters20th-century French male artists20th-century French paintersCommanders of the Legion of HonourÉcole des Beaux-Arts alumniFrench Impressionist paintersFrench male paintersFrench people of the Franco-Prussian WarFrench portrait painters