Explores the life and art of nineteenth-century French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and features a portfolio of over 120 color illustrations.
Presents more than forty annotated plates of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings and sculptures--commenting on the pieces' history and context--along with biographical text.
Profiles the life of impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, highlighting his childhood, early career, relationship with Claude Monet, paintings, and more. Includes a chronology, historical time line, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary.
Hayward Gallery, London, 15 January-21 April, 1985, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 May-2 September 1985, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 9 October-5 January, 1986
A fictionalized account of Auguste Renoir's painting of subjects drinking and flirting over several Sundays and his desire to do breakout work instead of portraits of society women in their parlors.