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{{cquote| ''Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.''}}

{{cquote| ''Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.''}}

   

   

From the age of thirteen he worked as an apprentice painter at Paris, painting on porcelain wares. In 1862 Renoir began studying art under [[Charles Gleyre]] in [[Paris]] and there he met [[Claude Monet]], [[Alfred Sisley]] and [[Jean-Frédéric Bazille]]. 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. In 1881, he traveled to Algeria, Spain and Italy; he met [[Titian]]'s masterpieces in Florence and the paintings of [[Raphael]] in Rome and Venice conquered him in a way that he will evoke in several canvases. His nude artworks allude simultaneously to the nudes of [[Rubens]] and [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]].

From the age of thirteen he worked as an apprentice painter at Paris, painting on porcelain wares (plates, cups, and vases). In 1862 Renoir began studying art under [[Charles Gleyre]] in [[Paris]] and there he met [[Claude Monet]], [[Alfred Sisley]] and [[Jean-Frédéric Bazille]]. 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. In 1881, he traveled to Algeria, Spain and Italy; he met [[Titian]]'s masterpieces in Florence and the paintings of [[Raphael]] in Rome and Venice conquered him in a way that he will evoke in several canvases. His nude artworks allude simultaneously to the nudes of [[Rubens]] and [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]].

   

   

Renoir was a prolific painter with more than 4,000 paintings. Some art historians consider the following periods in Renoir's artworks: "The beginnings" 1858-1869, "Impressionism" 1870-1878, "dry" or "Ingres period" from 1881 to 1888 (a more decorative and traditional style), "the pearly period" after 1890 until 1897, Renoirs work moved in a new direction yet again... he returned to using thin brush strokes and became less concerned with outlines... epic nudes and domestic scenes", "... "late career" early twentieth century, Renoirs style changed again and he opted for stronger colors - often reds and oranges - and thick brush strokes... the female nude was a favorite subject of Renoirs and he depicted details of the scene through freely-brushed spots of color which fused his figures and their surroundings." [http://www.artble.com/artists/pierre-auguste_renoir/more_information/style_and_technique]. The Rubenesque nudes he had been painting reached a level of unprecedented exaggeration in the twentieth century, culminating in the massive Bathers at the Musée d'Orsay ("The Bathers"). [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/augu/hd_augu.htm]

Renoir was a prolific painter with more than 4,000 paintings. Some art historians consider the following periods in Renoir's artworks: "The beginnings" 1858-1869, "Impressionism" 1870-1878, "dry" or "Ingres period" from 1881 to 1888 (a more decorative and traditional style), "the pearly period" after 1890 until 1897, Renoirs work moved in a new direction yet again... he returned to using thin brush strokes and became less concerned with outlines... epic nudes and domestic scenes", "... "late career" early twentieth century, Renoirs style changed again and he opted for stronger colors - often reds and oranges - and thick brush strokes... the female nude was a favorite subject of Renoirs and he depicted details of the scene through freely-brushed spots of color which fused his figures and their surroundings." [http://www.artble.com/artists/pierre-auguste_renoir/more_information/style_and_technique]. The Rubenesque nudes he had been painting reached a level of unprecedented exaggeration in the twentieth century, culminating in the massive Bathers at the Musée d'Orsay ("The Bathers"). [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/augu/hd_augu.htm]