Impressionism

Auguste Renoir

Auguste Renoir was a french painter who was known as a leader in the impressionist movement. He was most commonly known for capturing the  female subjects sensuality in his paintings. His work commonly reflects and is inspired by modern painters like Manet and Danish painter Camille Pissarro.

Renior’s work was often well received from critics and mostly painted portraits in his early adulthood. He was able to effortlessly capture the human figure and the interactions between them and set a mood in his paintings with the exaggerated colours he uses. Renoir was a part of a group alongside Pissarro, Monet, Cézanne and Edgar Degas called the Impressions.

They did their first gallery in 1874 in Paris but was not a success. Soon after the failed exhibition Renoir and other impressionist painters found patrons who did enjoy their work and would speed up the success of his career. In his lifetime Renoir created over two hundred pieces before dying at the age of 78.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/impressionism/v/how-to-recognize-renoir-the-swing

https://www.pierre-auguste-renoir.org

https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir

https://www.biography.com/artist/pierre-auguste-renoir