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This is an incomplete list of paintings by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990). [1] [2] The largest collection of Renoir paintings is at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [3]
A Box at the Theater (At the Concert), 1880, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, in 1841.His father, Léonard Renoir, was a tailor of modest means, so, in 1844, Renoir's family moved to Paris in search of more favorable prospects.
Pages in category "Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Luncheon of the Boating Party (French: Le Déjeuner des canotiers) is an 1881 painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.Exhibited at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. [2]
The auction was met with anger from the public, and Renoir's paintings sold poorly and for low prices. [1] The painting was purchased by artist Auguste de Moulins in 1875 for a mere 55 francs. After passing through several hands, including those of Paul Durand-Ruel (1899), Alphonse Kahn (1908), and Frank Hindley Smith (1923), it was bequeathed ...
La Parisienne (English: The Parisian) is an oil painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, completed in 1874 and now displayed at the National Museum Cardiff.The work, which was one of seven presented by Renoir at the First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874, is often referred to as The Blue Lady (French: La Dame en Bleu) and is one of the centre-pieces of the National Museum's art ...
Woman with a Cat is an 1875 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It depicts a young woman sitting in a chair holding a cat. It depicts a young woman sitting in a chair holding a cat. The work was gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Levy to the National Gallery of Art in 1950.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a personal fan of Renoir, and at one time owned seven of his paintings. [8] He was also a fierce defender of Renoir against his critics in the avant-garde. [9] Inspired by A Couple (Les Fiancés), Picasso produced three pencil studies (Le Ménage Sisley) based on the work. [10]