Famous paintings and quotes by Renoir

May 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, was born on February 25, 1841 in a working class family in Limoges, France. Renoir is one of the central figures of Impressionist movement and was regarded by critics as one of the most popular and independent painters of his time, his paintings are often reproduced in oil panting reproductions industry and are appreciated for the warm sensuality of his style.

The beauty that lied in Renoir paintings were the use of color and vibrancy which drew fans from Europe and America as well as help provide the basis from which the impressionist movement grew. Renoir would also capture his subjects, when as portraits, in personal and interesting situations, a little like a skilled photographer of the modern era. This gave his paintings great character.

Famous for his radiant and intimate paintings (especially those of nude females), Renoir excelled in the history of modern art for the representation of feminine grace. One of his important subjects is the nude female. Being an Impressionist painter, he highlighted his painting scenes with the help of the diffused brushing of colors on the canvass. This resulted in a blending appearance of his figures with each other and with their background.

While he was young, Renoir began painting flowers on Fine China at a Porcelain factory, graduating later to fans and screens. He undertook formal training in painting from the Academy of the Swiss Charles Gabriel Gleyre in Paris, in the year 1862. Here, Renoir met several acclaimed French artists of the likes of Claude Monet and Eugene Delacroix. These artists highly Influenced Auguste Renoir's early works, as they were emphatically bright & colored. The flow of Edgar Degas' paintings also impressed Renoir. Then, Courbet's Realism reflects in Auguste's early paintings such as, "Diana," (1867), in which the figures are modelled & superimposed well, upon a false landscape. As he matured, his works went on getting more and more Impressionist with the canvassing of real life, full of sparkling hues and light. His intensely disciplined and formal technique of portraits and figure paintings made him stand out amongst his Impressionist contemporaries.

By 1864, Auguste was exhibiting his work at Paris Salon. Recognition came his way only in 1874; post Franco-Prussian War, at the first exhibition of the New Impressionist School. Later on, he held a solo exhibition at Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris in 1883. In 1890, Auguste Renoir married Aline Victorine Charigot. He had three sons from Aline. The last 20 years of his life was crippled by severe Rheumatic Arthritis (in 1892), as he could not move his hands freely. However, Auguste's passion for painting continued and he strapped a brush to his arms, in order to paint. At the age of 78, on December 03, 1919, Auguste Renoir died in his house at Cagne.

Renoir Famous paintings:

Dance at Moulin de la Galette

Luncheon of the Boating Party

The Large Bathers

La Grenouillere

By the Water

The Country Dance

Nude in the Sun

Diana the Huntress

Renoir famous quotes

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."

"The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth, which sweeps you along in his passion"

"An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature."

"When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished."

"Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be the indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable."

"I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters"

"It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks"

"In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat." "I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black."

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