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Pierre Auguste Renoir

Impressionism is a movement in painting, which developed in the 19th century. It arose because certain painters became unhappy and unsatisfied with having to continually paint classical subjects. There were many impressionist artists, these artist were concerned with light, outline, color, and shadow in painting.

There were some painters who formed a group, which was known as the “Tame”. These impressionists worked on painting life in the open air. Although there were painters who enjoyed it, they particularly specialized in painting landscapes. These painters included Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt and many more. These artist worked on painting the world around them as they saw it, and displayed their works in exhibitions.

Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France on February 25, 1841. His father was a tailor . Renoir came from a poor family. He moved to Paris at the age of four, and worked as a child in a porcela


in factory. At the age of thirteen he started earning his living by painting flowers on china dishes, and after a certain period of time he started decorating fans and window blinds. At seventeen he copied painting onto fans and lampshades, saving enough money he decided to study art. Attending Ecole des Beaux-Arts he studies art with Gleyre. Renoir studied painting from 1962 to 1963 at the Academy of the Swiss painter chartes Gabriel Gleyre in Paris.

Renoir was very good at painting flowers; he was most skilful in the use of color and texture. Another interesting painting is that of Jeanne Samary, which was painted in 1879, and also in the Louver in Paris.

Although Renoir suffered greatly during these years, he had done a tremendous amount of paintings in the last ten years of his life; nevertheless, the work he had done while he was sick was as beautiful as those he had done while he was young. Renoir painted for pleasure, his brother quoted that his work was one of the “most lovely and harmonious of the age”.

Renoir strengthened his re

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