Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919 Painter
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

• Born February 25, 1841 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne,
  France
• Son of a tailor
• One of 7 children
• As a boy, worked in a china factory painting
  flowers on cups saucers
• Enrolls in art school

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• Becomes friends with other artists monet,
  sisley, bazille
• They develop a new style of painting called
  Impressionism
• uses bright colors placed next to each other,
  quick brush strokes
• Work outdoors, observe how light effects objects
  as it moves across sky

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Girl with Watering Can 1876
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Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
In 1890, he married one of his models, Aline
Charigot (shes in the painting above). They had
3 sons.
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On the Terrace (1879)
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Beach scene, Guernsey 1883
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The Umbrellas (1883)
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• Develops rheumatoid arthritis (1892) still
  paints while in wheelchair
• Moves to warmer climate in south of france
• Visits Louvre in 1919 to see his own paintings
  alongside the masters
• Dies of Pneumonia December 3, 1919 (age 78)
• Two of his paintings have sold posthumously for
  more than 70 million each

Self Portrait (1910)
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Boy Writing (1900)
The Artists Son Jean (1900)
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Strawberries (1905)

• Renoirs paintings notable for vibrant light,
  saturated color, candid compositions
• Impressionist style suggested details thru
  freely used touches of color, figures softly
  blend with one another backgrounds

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Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette 1876