Important facts about Auguste Renoir?

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Ten facts about Renoir :

Born February 25, 1841 Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

Died December 3, 1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Nationality French

Famous works : Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre, 1876; Luncheon of the Boating Party ,1880; Nude, 1910

As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents led to him being chosen to paint designs on fine china.

Renoir experienced his initial acclaim when six of his paintings hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.

On January 15, 1882 Renoir met the composer, Richard Wagner, at his home in Palermo, Sicily. Renoir painted Wagner's portrait in just thirty-five minutes.

In the same year, Renoir convalesced for six weeks in Algeria after contracting pneumonia, which would cause permanent damage to his respiratory system.

In 1890 he married Aline Victorine Charigot, who, along with a number of the artist's friends, had already served as a model for Les Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881), and with whom he had already had a child, Pierre, in 1885.

Two of Renoir's paintings have sold for more than $70 million. Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre sold for $78.1 million in 1990.

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Important facts about Auguste Renoir?

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One of the MOST important facts about Renoir, is that unlike YOU, he had NO access to things like google or wikipedia, and so he actually had to read a book or ask an expert about things he wanted to know. You however, who apparently has a computer and internet access and working fingers can answer this question yourself without wasting our time. Right?

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We care today, because his paintings represented an idealized world where the sun was always shining and the women were plump and looked incredibly happy. A sort of dream world which we might envy today.

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