Limoges, France, 1841– Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1919
Renoir moved to Paris with his family at about the age of four. His family was poor, and the young Renoir contributed to its livelihood by painting designs on porcelain. While studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the studio of the Academic painter Charles Gleyre, he became close friends with Monet, Sisley, and Bazille. The paintings of people enjoying themselves at La Grenouillère on the lower Seine that Renoir and Monet produced in 1869 marked the birth of Impressionism. Renoir participated in the first Impressionist Exhibition, organized by the Batignolles Group, who were influenced by Manet, in 1874 and enthusiastically participated in the second (1876) and third (1877) as well. While continuing with Monet to explore the effects of light and air when painting landscapes en plein air, he was also among the Impressionists who were, from early on, interested in life in the city. Early in the 1880s, he traveled to Algeria and Italy. Following that trip, he studied the classical paintings of Ingres and Raphael. It was about then that he married Aline Victorine Charigot, with whom he had three children. In his last years, he lived in Paris and Cagnes-sur-Mer, producing many voluptuous nudes and other paintings of women.
1876 Oil on canvas
《Terrace at Cagnes》
1905 Oil on canvas
《Seated Bather》
1914 Oil on canvas
《Woman in a Hat with Flowers》
1917 Oil on canvas
《Bather》
c.1907 Oil on canvas
《Vegetable Garden》
1878 Oil on canvas
《June Morning in Saint-Mammès》
1884 Oil on canvas
《Water Lilies》
1903 Oil on canvas
《Young Man Playing the Piano》
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