Pierre-Auguste Renoir

4 works

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) was born in Limoges, worked mostly in Paris, and spent his last years in the sunny south of France at Cagnes-sur-Mer.

A leading Impressionist, he is loved for joyful scenes of people enjoying themselves together, such as Dance at the Moulin de la Galette and Luncheon of the Boating Party.

At thirteen he started out painting flowers on porcelain, and all his life he believed a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful and pretty.

Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
Auguste Renoir, 1881Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)
Auguste Renoir, 1879A Girl with a Watering Can
Auguste Renoir, 1876Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children
Auguste Renoir, 1878