Pierre Auguste Renoir Paintings
French, 1841-1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir had his first experience with art in 1845 at the age of 4 when his family moved to Paris from Limoges and settled near the Louvre. By the age of 13, he had begun to seriously study and practice his work. Renoir started as an apprentice painter in a porcelain factory, where he spent five years. He then took drawing lessons from Charles Gleyre and in 1862, when he was 21; Renoir attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. It was at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris where Renoir met the future founders of Impressionism, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Frederic Bazille.
Renoir paintings remained in the traditional style during the 1860s. His portrait of his mistress, Lise Trehot, was traditional enough to be accepted for the 1867 Salon. Pierre Auguste Renoir’s paintings began to change shortly after he moved in with Claude Monet and Frederic Bazille in 1869. Renoir updated his technique and color scheme. Renoir painted mostly outdoors and began to use vibrant, pure colors and little brush strokes.
Renoir, along with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley was part of the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in 1874. It was at this exhibit that the term “Impressionism” was first used. The term was coined by a French art critic who took the name from a Monet painting. The term was meant to be derogatory and the show was a financial failure. Despite the failure, the artists continue to exhibit together and were joined by Edgar Degas and Georges Seurat. By the early 1880s, the public had begun to recognize the importance of the Impressionists’ work.
In the early 1880s, Renoir traveled and painted extensively. He held his first one-man exhibition in 1883 in Paris. He received commissions from prominent Parisians and painted numerous group portraits of his friends, writers, and fellow artists. By 1887, Renoir was famous and donated several paintings to Queen Victoria for her Golden Jubilee.
By the time he was 50, Renoir’s health began to decline. He suffered from cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankyloses, and spent the last twenty years of his life confined to a wheelchair. During this time he continued to paint and even took up sculpting.
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Artist: Pierre Auguste Renoir
Pierre Auguste Renoir Apres Le Bain Sanguine Study
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Dallas, TX
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Apres Le Bain is a stunning 22 x 26-inch pencil and Sanguine chalk painting depicting a nude woman after her bath. This large, exquisitely detailed work showc...
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Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
bears signature (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm)
Painted between 1862-1863
Footnotes
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Provenance
Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863).
Thence by descent to the previous owner.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947).
O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955).
Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998).
Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000.
Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007).
Private collection, Atlanta.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019.
Exhibited
London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret').
Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959.
Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001.
Literature
G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863).
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir "Buste de femme au corsage vert"
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 (France)
"Buste de femme au corsage vert" (Gabrielle).
1908
Oil on canvas
Size 49.30 x 35.30 cm (19 x 14 in.)
Framed 33.75 x 30 x 2.75"
Signed upp...
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