Auguste Renoir

Alexander Auf der Heyde

Renoir, Jean

Margherita D'Ayala Valva

Describes the career of French painter Pierre Auguste Renoir, and presents and briefly discusses more than forty of his masterpieces.

Renoir

"A leading member of the impressionist movement, Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) exhibited regularly at the annual Salons, where he strove to enliven an establishment that had become stodgy with academic and history painting. Renoir's paintings of Parisians engaging in leisurely pasttimes, enjoying their dejeuner under a pergola or beside the Seine at an open-air cafe, sailing, swimming, picnicking, and dancing at one of the many halls in towns outside of the city, are imbued with a sense of conviviality and joie de vivre that was wholly new to the Salons. Renoir was enchanted by his subjects: whether friends, lovers, patrons, collectors, or family members, his portraits are characterized by gesture, expression, and a soft palette full of light, conveying a sense of pleasure in observation and always the charm of the individual portrayed. Brought together here are some of this prodigious artist's most significant canvases, including the luminous Le Moulin de la Galette, Luncheon of the Boating Party, and La Grenouillere."--BOOK JACKET.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

A Special Exhibition of His Paintings

William Gaunt

Juliet Rodway

A Rich and Varied Selection of Renoir's Best-known Paintings

The Little Book of Renoir

Johanna Halford-MacLeod

Scala Publishers, Ltd.

Renoir masterfully created Luncheon of the Boating Party's enchanting mood by capturing a contemporary moment - 19th-century leisure on the Seine - and the universal appeal of celebration. He also combined several of the traditional categories of paintin

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Barnes Foundation

Martha Lucy

John House

A spectacular survey of the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the Impressionist master Renoir

Renoir in the Barnes Foundation

Auguste Renoir

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