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Line 1: − [[Image:Le Moulin de la Galette.jpg|thumb|300px|Bal au Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre]] − [[Image:R Selfportrait.jpg|left]] − '''Pierre-Auguste Renoir''' lived from 1841 to 1919. He was a famous painter of [[Impressionism]], perhaps the only artist who never produced a sad [[painting]]. He believed that art needs to be pretty, and eventually left Impressionism to paint classical nudes. − He was born on February 25, 1841, at Limoges, [[France]] and died on December 3, 1919, at Cagnes sur Mer, France. − {{cquote| − ''The pain passes, but the beauty remains.'' }} − − In 1862 Renoir began studying art under [[Charles Gleyre]] in [[Paris]]. Masters, particularly those of the 18th century, like [[Jean-Antoine Watteau|Antoine Watteau]], [[François Boucher]] and [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], influenced his own painting throughout his career. He studied the art of this masters visiting the Louvre. Finding a new inspiration in nature, he, as other impressionist artists, displayed vibrant light and color instead of the somber blacks that had dominated previous painting. [[Gustave Courbet]] had also an important influence in his work. − − [[Image:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - By the Water.jpg|thumb|By the Water]] − − Before his death Renoir had a supreme triumph, he saw his portrait "[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_Madame_Charpentier.jpg Madame Georges Charpentier]" (1877), hanging in the Louvre. − − Some of his most famous paintings are "[[Le Moulin de la Galette]]", [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_The_Pont_des_Arts%2C_Paris.jpg "Le Pont des Arts et l'Institut de France"] and [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Renoir_The_Bathers..jpg "The Bathers".] − − In his paintings women always have ''les visages féminins typiques de Renoir'' (female faces typical of Renoir). − − <br> − <center>[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir/Gallery]] − </center> − {{Clear}} − == See also == − − [[Image:Renoir Monet pintando en su jardín de Argenteuil.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Monet painting in his garden in Argenteuil]] − *[[Rembrandt]] − *[[Leonardo da Vinci]] − *[[Claude Monet]] − *[[Edouard Manet]] − *[[Painting Schools]] − *[[Gallery of French Masterpieces]] − {{Clear}} − == External links == − − [[Image:Renoir - Grand Canal Venice.jpg|thumb|Grand Canal Venice]] − − *[http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&c=&search=Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir] − *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063208/Pierre-Auguste-Renoir Renoir] Encyclopædia Britannica. − *[http://www.renoir.org.yu/gallery.asp Auguste Renoir Gallery] − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Renoir, Pierre-Auguste}} − − [[Category:French Painters]]
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