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Pierre-Auguste Renoir: 1841-1919

February 25, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was (with Claude Monet), a leading painter and originator of the Impressionist movement.

Renoir’s family moved to Paris in 1844 and in 1854, at the age of 13,  he was apprenticed to the porcelain maker M. Levy where his artistic skills enabled him to paint designs on fine china. Renoir’s ambition to become a professional painter led to his study of the Old Masters’ paintings at the Louvre. By 1861, he was a regular visitor to the studio of Swiss painter and teacher Charles Gleyre. At Gleyre’s studio he began working en plein air and met other painters including Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille and Claude Monet. He was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the spring of 1862.

In 1864, Renoir’s painting “La Esmeralda” was accepted by the Salon and the following year, his portrait of William Sisley was also accepted. From 1870-71 Renoir served in the Franco-Prussian war in the Tenth Cavalry Regiment.

After several rejections from the Salon in 1872 and 1873, Renoir joined a group of artists, headed by Monet, in the first Impressionist Exhibition in Paris. His works for this exhibition adopted a lighter palette with more delicate and expressive brush strokes. Renoir continued to exhibit at the second and third Impressionist Exhibitions but by the fourth in 1879-80, he returned to showing at the Salon, where he achieved great success.

In the mid-1880s, after traveling through Italy and working with Paul Cézanne in the South of France, Renoir experimented with more linear contours, thinner paint layers, and smoother brush strokes. This “Ingresque (dry) Period”,  received a mixed reception and lasted for about six years. After this period, Renoir, favouring the achievements of the Old Masters and a more fluid style,  returned to using broader brush strokes and more vibrant colors.

In 1890, Renoir married Aline Victorine Charigot, who had modeled for him, and with whom he already had a child – Pierre in 1885. He painted numerous scenes of his wife, their three children, and their daily family life.

By 1900, Renoir was an established artist. He became Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1900 and his international standing grew, especially in the United States. In 1904, he was honoured at the Salon d’Automne with a gallery devoted to his works.

After 1902, Renoir’s health declined and in 1907, he moved to the warmer climate of Cagnes-sur-Mer, close to the Mediterranean coast. From 1912 on he was confined by rheumatism to a wheelchair. He continued to paint and also tried sculpting in the last years of his life. To facilitate painting his larger works, Renoir used a moving canvas or picture roll to aid with his limited mobility.

In 1919, Renoir visited the Louvre to see his paintings hanging with the Old Masters. He died in the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, on December 3, 1919.

The-Artist's-Mother-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1860 The-Artist's-Mother-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1860
Two-Sisters-on-the-Terrace-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1881 Two-Sisters-on-the-Terrace-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1881
The-Rambler-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir--1895 The-Rambler-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1895
The-Boating-Party-Lunch--Pierre-Auguste-Renoir---1881 The-Boating-Party-Lunch-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1881
The-Ball-at-the-Moulin-de-la-Galette-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir--1876 The-Ball-at-the-Moulin-de-la-Galette-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1876
The Large Bathers - Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1884-1887 The Large Bathers - Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1884-1887
Self-Portrait-Pierre-Auguste Renoir-1910 Self-Portrait-Pierre-Auguste Renoir-1910
La-Grenouilliere-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1869 La-Grenouilliere-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1869
La Loge-Pierre Auguste Renoir -1874 La Loge-Pierre Auguste Renoir -1874
Dance-at-Bougival-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1882-83 Dance-at-Bougival-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1882-83
Dance in the Counry - Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1872 Dance in the Counry - Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1872
Claude-Monet-Reading-A-Newspaper--Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1872 Claude-Monet-Reading-A-Newspaper--Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1872
Bather-with-Blonde-Hair-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1904-06 Bather-with-Blonde-Hair-Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1904-06
After The Bath-Pierre-Auguste Renoir-1888 After The Bath-Pierre-Auguste Renoir-1888

Sources: MoMA, Wikipedia, Cleveland Museum of Art

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Painting Tagged With: French Art, French Painting, Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir Birthday

Françoise Nielly: Painting

April 13, 2010 By Wendy Campbell

Today’s blasts of colour are by French painter Françoise Nielly.  “Nielly grew up in the South of France where she lived between Cannes and Saint-Tropez – never far from the light, the color sense and the atmosphere that permeates the South of France.  This is coupled with her studies with her studies at the Beaux arts and Decorative Arts, and her sense of humor and of celebration.

Nielly’s painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and knife combine to sculpt her images from a material that is , at the same time, biting and incisive, and sensual. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, the artist takes a risk : her painting is sexual, her colors free, exuberant, surprising, even explosive, the cut of her knife incisive, her color pallet dazzling.” (from artist’s website)

Nielly currently lives and paints in Paris near Montmartre.  She shows and sells her work in Europe, in Canada and in the United States.

To see more of Nielly’s work, visit Francoise-Nielly.com

Filed Under: ART, Women in Visual Arts Tagged With: Francoise Nielly, French Artists, French Painting

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