Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), son of a tailor and a seamstress, began as a porcelain painter before joining Charles Gleyre’s studio where he met Monet, Sisley, and Bazille. His artistic trajectory, marked by a constant exploration of light and the human figure, oscillated between loyalty to impressionist principles and a return to more classical forms, as in his ‘Ingres-like’ period.

Undisputed master of female portraiture and scenes of modern Parisian life, Renoir developed a unique style where the sensuality of bodies blends with a vaporous and shimmering touch. Despite the rheumatism that cruelly deformed his hands at the end of his life, he never stopped painting, stating that ‘pain passes, but beauty remains,’ a vibrant testimony to that inextinguishable passion for painting that defined his entire existence.

Auguste Renoir’s biography…

Artworks

Sea and Cliffs (Mer et falaises), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919), c. 1885

Auguste Renoir, Sea and Cliffs

Sea and Cliffs: A Normandy Symphony. This splendid canvas by master Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir instantly transports us to the Normandy

By the Seashore by Auguste Renoir, 1883

Auguste Renoir: By the Seashore

Renoir offers us here a moment of grace where Belle Époque modernity meets Impressionist softness. “By the Seashore” (1883) captures

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