Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
French, 1841-1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir had his first experience with art in 1845 at the age of 4 when his family moved to Paris from Limoges and settled near the Louvre. By the age of 13, he had begun to seriously study and practice his work. Renoir started as an apprentice painter in a porcelain factory, where he spent five years. He then took drawing lessons from Charles Gleyre and in 1862, when he was 21; Renoir attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. It was at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris where Renoir met the future founders of Impressionism, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Frederic Bazille.
Renoir paintings remained in the traditional style during the 1860s. His portrait of his mistress, Lise Trehot, was traditional enough to be accepted for the 1867 Salon. Pierre Auguste Renoir’s paintings began to change shortly after he moved in with Claude Monet and Frederic Bazille in 1869. Renoir updated his technique and color scheme. Renoir painted mostly outdoors and began to use vibrant, pure colors and little brush strokes.
Renoir, along with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley was part of the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in 1874. It was at this exhibit that the term “Impressionism” was first used. The term was coined by a French art critic who took the name from a Monet painting. The term was meant to be derogatory and the show was a financial failure. Despite the failure, the artists continue to exhibit together and were joined by Edgar Degas and Georges Seurat. By the early 1880s, the public had begun to recognize the importance of the Impressionists’ work.
In the early 1880s, Renoir traveled and painted extensively. He held his first one-man exhibition in 1883 in Paris. He received commissions from prominent Parisians and painted numerous group portraits of his friends, writers, and fellow artists. By 1887, Renoir was famous and donated several paintings to Queen Victoria for her Golden Jubilee.
By the time he was 50, Renoir’s health began to decline. He suffered from cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankyloses, and spent the last twenty years of his life confined to a wheelchair. During this time he continued to paint and even took up sculpting.
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Artist: Pierre Auguste Renoir
Le Chapeau Epinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1921
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
Le chapeau épinglé (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine) 3e planche. Etching realized by Renoir in 1894.
Image dimension 11.5x8 cm. / sheet dimension 33.2x15.1 cm.
The final s...
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Etude pour une baigneuse (Study for a Bather)
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Etude pour une baigneuse (Study for a Bather)
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"Claude Renoir Fils de l'Artiste, de Profil”
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Located in Southampton, NY
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Pierre Auguste Renoir (French 1841-1919) "Claude Renoir Fils ...
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Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
bears signature (lower left)
oil on canvas
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Painted between 1862-1863
Footnotes
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Provenance
Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863).
Thence by descent to the previous owner.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947).
O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955).
Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998).
Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000.
Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007).
Private collection, Atlanta.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019.
Exhibited
London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret').
Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959.
Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001.
Literature
G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863).
One of the earliest known paintings by Renoir...
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1860s Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche).
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche).
Color lithograph, 1898. 600x488 mm; 23 5/8x19 1/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 200. With the second printed signature in the stone, lower left. Printed by Auguste Clot, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. A very good impression of this important lithograph with strong colors.
Renoir (1841-1919) was, along with Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, a founder of the Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs and a key organizer of the 1870s Impressionist exhibitions. He is best known for his renditions of the sensuous and monumental bathing nudes that he produced from the 1880s onward, many of which were inspired by the works of Titian, Rubens, and 18th-century French painters such as Boucher and Fragonard.
Like many of his contemporaries, Renoir embraced printmaking as a medium that allowed for more freedom of expression and experimentation. Ambroise Vollard, the eminent Parisian dealer and publisher, and Auguste Clot, the famed lithography printer, were both extremely instrumental in Renoir's foray into printmaking. They greatly encouraged and facilitated his practice of the medium. Vollard met Renoir during the height of Renoir's career and saw the opportunity for lithography to help disseminate the artist's ever popular work, and Clot worked closely with Renoir to masterfully capture the delicate quality of his pastels in color lithography.
Renoir began producing lithographs and etchings in the late 1880s and created an oeuvre over the following two decades consisting of 25 etchings and 29 lithographs, many of them commissioned for various albums or books. His most famous prints reproduce popular compositions he had established in earlier paintings. The current lot is based on an 1893 oil and pastel painting which represents the artist Berthe Morisot's daughter pinning a flower on her cousin's hat. The same subject was reproduced in a series of etchings by Renoir...
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PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Enfants jouant à la balle"
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
"Enfants jouant à la balle"
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Baigneuse debout à mi-jambes
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (French, 1841 - 1919)
BAIGNEUSE DEBOUT A MI JAMBES (D., S. 23)
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1910s Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Enfants jouant à la balle"
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
"Enfants jouant à la balle"
Lithograph in colors, on Arches Ingres laid paper watermark MBM, 1900, from the edition of 200, published by Ambroise V...
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19th Century Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
L'Enfant au Biscuit (Jean Renoir) - Lithograph by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1899
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 prints, not signed.
One of the most celebrated graphic works of Renoir, showing his son, the future Director Jean Renoir.
Belogs to the suite “L’Album d’estampes orig...
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1890s Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Pierre-Auguste Renoir "La danse à la campagne
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
"La danse à la campagne"
Conceived 1883
Soft ground Etching on paper
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Sheet size : 1...
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Late 18th Century Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Paper, Etching
Le Chapeau Épinglé
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Le Chapeau Épinglé, 1ère Planche (Delteil; Stella 6)
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"Renoir: The Man and His Images" exhibit poster (reproduction) for Paris Museum
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Renoir: The Man & his Images", Large exhibit poster, originally made for Musee d'Art Histoire, Paris.
Colorful and poignant portrait of a woman.
Artist signature is plate signed in ...
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20th Century Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Maternity : Mom & His Child - Original Lithograph Signed Plate - Delteil 50
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Maternity, 1910
Original lithograph
Signed in the plate
Edition of 100 copies
On China paper size c. 60 x 49 cm (c. 23.6 x 19.3 in)
In a beautiful ...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Après le bain (After the bath)
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in New Orleans, LA
For Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Impressionism's pre-eminent figure painter, depicting the nude was an exercise in bringing the canvas to life. He once said, “I look at a nude, I see myriads of minuscule shades. I have to find those which will make the flesh on my canvas come to life and resonate.” This compelling portrait by Renoir entitled Après le bain presents the nude figure of a woman in a serene, private moment, absorbed in the task of drying herself after a bath. The artist’s mastery of light and shading is incredible, achieving a sense of vitality in this otherwise ordinary scene.
Renoir is celebrated for his figural work, especially his Rubenesque female nudes, however, it was not until the artist was in his forties that he depicted the nude with any frequency. In 1881, Renoir traveled to Italy, where he studied the works of the Renaissance masters and the ancient art of Pompeii and Rome. Upon his return to France, the nude became his favored subject, and he used the motif to combine the spontaneity of Impressionism with the solid modeling of classical painting. Renoir’s medium here, sanguine, a reddish-brown chalk, was used extensively in the Renaissance by Leonardo (who employed it in his sketches for the Last Supper), Michelangelo and Raphael. Its warm hue lends itself well to depicting flesh, and the chalk drawing allows for a greater focus on line, form and texture in a departure from the aspects of color and light that so often preoccupied the Impressionists. Après le bain conveys the impression of arrested motion with perfect naturalness, deftly capturing the moment before the elegant lines of the sitter's form change position.
The sitter is almost certainly Gabrielle Renard, the nanny to Renoir’s children and a frequent model for the artist. Gabrielle was the cousin of Renoir’s wife, Aline, and came to Montmartre to work for the family at the age of 16. She developed a strong bond with the family and became a favorite subject for Renoir, appearing in several of his most important works, including his 1911 Gabrielle with a Rose (Musée d'Orsay). When Renoir began to suffer from severe rheumatoid arthritis that would eventually leave him unable to walk and scarcely able to grasp a paintbrush, it was Gabrielle that would assist the artist by positioning the paintbrush between his crippled fingers.
Born in Limoges, France in 1841, Renoir began his career as an apprentice to a painter of porcelain wares. He later moved to Paris at the age of 21, enrolling at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. It was here, while studying under Charles Gleyre, that Renoir attained a tremendous appreciation for the academic style of painting, a quality that would last throughout his career. This was also when he met Claude Monet and several other classmates, with whom he would later form the Impressionists.
Working closely with Monet, Renoir began experimenting with the portrayal of light and its effect on his canvases. The youngest member of the Impressionist movement, an astute Renoir recognized how a subject was constantly changing due to the dynamic effects of light on color. Relying heavily upon his academic training that focused on composition, lines and descriptive details, Renoir distinguished himself among his contemporaries. His intuitive use of color and expansive brushstroke, along with acute attention to his subject, have placed him among the finest painters in history.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Wildenstein Plattner Institute.
Circa 1898
Canvas: 43 1/2" high x 35 1/2" wide
Frame: 57 3/4" high x 49 1/4" wide
Provenance:
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist on January 25, 1899)
J. Pereire Collection, France (1966)
Sam Salz, New York (before 1981)
Claus Virch, Paris
French Compagny, Inc., New York
Larry Silverstein, New York (circa January 1987)
Le Clos de Sierne Gallery, Geneva
Galerie Heyram, Paris (October 1987)
Francis Gross
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Literature:
B. Schneider, Renoir, Berlin, 1957, p. 95 (illustrated in color, p. 83)
M. Gauthier, Renoir, Paris, 1958, p. 83 (illustrated in color; erroneously dated '1916' and titled 'Woman in her toilet')
F. Fosca, Renoir, L'homme et son obra, Paris, 1961, p. 280 (illustrated, p. 95; erroneously dated 'about 1890' and titled 'After the Bath...
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19th Century Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Canvas, Paper, Chalk
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H 13.39 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Baigneuse Debout à Mi - Jambes - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1910
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
Cagnes-sur-Mer 'Baigneuse Debout à Mi-Jambes' (1910) is an artwork realized by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 Limoges - 1919).
Etching and drypoint on paper.
Image size 20.5 x 15 cm,...
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1920s Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
H 8.08 in W 5.91 in D 0.04 in
La Danse à la Campagne (Dance in the Country)
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir brings his subjects to life in La Danse à la Campagne (Dance in the Country), 2e planche, c. 1890, so much so that you can almost imagine the music. The people depicted in this etching are Renoir’s brother Edmond and Suzanne Valadon. Using swift and careful lines, Renoir creates areas of dark and light that add incredible depth to the image. The lines are expressive of movement, and Renoir captures this lively moment in time. The woman’s dress sweeps up as she is spun around the dance floor by the gentleman. His own coat flairs out as they dance. These little moments of movement bring truth to the entire etching.
Created circa 1890, this etching on wove paper is stamped with the signature of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841- Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1919) in the lower right margin.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dance...
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1860s Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Woman with Tambourine
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Missouri, MO
Woman with Tambourine
By Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Without Frame: 29.5" x 17.75" x 1.25"
With Frame: 36" x 24.5" x 3.25"
Signed Lower Right
Renoir was born on Februa...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Bronze
"Femme au cep de Vigne" by Renoir (Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant)
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 - 1919)
Femme au cep de vigne, 4th variante
Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant
Delteil 48, Stella 48
Original lithograph in black ink, 1904...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
H 23.5 in W 20.5 in D 2 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir "Baigneuse Debout"
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
"Baigneuse Debout"
1896
Lithograph on laid paper; signed lower right; signed in the stone with the artist’s initials and with the printed signatu...
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1890s Pierre Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known for his Impressionist paintings. His works reflect the interest in displaying the effects of light indicative of the movement. Some of the French artist's most famous works include Luncheon of the Boating Party, Two Sisters and La Grenouillère. You'll find a variety of Pierre-Auguste Renoir art on 1stDibs.