Renoir was one of the most renowned painters of his time. He was a romantic impressionist painter, whose subjects were mainly women and children.
Pierre Auguste Renoir was one of the most famous impressionist painters. Renoir was born in 1841 and died in 1919.
He was a French artist who was a leader in the impressionist movement He especially loved to paint the feminine sensuality. He was born in Limoges France, the son of a working class family. While working in a porcelain factory he was chosen to paint designs on fine china. He also painted other items before enrolling in art school, hence the watering can. While studying in Patrice he often visited the Louvre to study the French painters.
He began showing his paintings in the Paris salon in 1864 but did not receive recognition fro ten years. He finally started selling paintings in 1874 when 6 of the Renoir paintings hung in the first Impressionist exhibition.
Renoir had 4 sons. One who became a notable filmmaker and another who became an actor of some note, who had a love for the grand illusion? A stay at the Renoir hotel San Francisco will leave you with a feel of what the Renoir life was like.
Today, about the only place you can see a Renoir painting is in a museum. Renoir paintings like all impressionist paintings of the era were about romance, women and family