Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Le Moulin de la Galette

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.

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The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

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Masters, particularly those of the 18th century, like 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.

Before his death Renoir had a supreme triumph, he saw his portrait "Madame Georges Charpentier" (1877), hanging in the Louvre.

Some of his most famous paintings are "Le Moulin de la Galette", "Le Pont des Arts et l'Institut de France" and "The Bathers".

See also

• Rembrandt
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Claude Monet
• Edouard Manet
• Painting Schools

External links

Grand Canal Venice.

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Renoir Encyclopædia Britannica.
• Pierre Auguste Renoir Answers.com
• Auguste Renoir Gallery