Pierre Auguste Renoir?

Question

I need info on Renoir for an essay. History about his life, paintings, etc. I would appreciate basic facts too. Any websites you know of? Or historians who want to tell me stuff?
Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

The link below should give you everything you need. This is an extract........

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a famous French painter, associated with the Impressionism movement along with his friends Monet, Sisley, and Bazille.

Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, on February 25, 1841 as a child of a working class family. Renoir’s first encounter with painting dates from his childhood he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talent led to him painting designs on china.

From the beginning in early 1860s when Renoir started studying art under Charles Gleyre in Paris, when he didn’t have enough money to buy paint, to his last day when rheumatoid arthritis severely hampered his movement and he was forced to paint by strapping a brush to his arm, and created sculptures by directing an assistant who worked the clay, Renoir’s painting was always beautiful and optimistic! "The pain passes, but the beauty remains" was his words.

Renoir's paintings are probably the most popular, well-known, and frequently reproduced images in the history of art. Almost everybody has heard of the Bathers, The Umbrellas, Luncheon of the Boating Party and one of the most expensive paintings ever, Le Moulin de la Galette along with many other. They present a vision of a forgotten world, full of sparkling color and light.