Facts About Renoir

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Facts About Renoir
Increase your knowledge of facts about Renoir with some brief, but essential events, and important information about this great French artist. Renoir was French impressionist painter and sculptor. He impressionist technique of using bright colors and small brushstrokes. Some of his most famous paintings include Dance at Bougival, the Boating Party and the series of The Bathers.

"Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world."
Famous Quote by Renoir

Concise Biography, History & Facts About Renoir
Full Name - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Nationality - French
Place of Birth - Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
Lifespan - February 25 1841 - December 3 1919
Family - Married Aline Victorine Charigot. Three sons
Friends and associates - Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille and Claude Monet

Increase your knowledge with this list of Facts about the famous works of Renoir

  • La Loge (1874)

  • La Moulin de la Galette (1876)
  • Mlle. Irčne Cahen d'Anvers (1880)
  • Two Sisters (on the terrace) (1881)
  • Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
  • The Umbrellas (1881 - 6)
  • Dance at Bougival (1883)
  • The Bathers (1884 - 7)
  • After the Bath (1888)

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