Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Painter and graphic artist

Born: 25 February 1841 in Limoges
died: 3 December 1919 in Cagnes-sur-Mer near Nice

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Renoir one of the greatest painters of the French Impressionists managed during its life about 5000 oil paintings, sculptures and graphics. He was the son of a tailor; he soon had to provide for the support of his family.

1845 the family moved to Paris.

1854 teaching in a porcelain shop, where he painted vases and plates.

1962 visit to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and enrolment in the courses of the studio Gleyre, where he met Monet and Sisley, among others.

1964 Close cooperation with Cézanne, Monet and Sisley, and first-time issuance of a large painting at the Salon.

1969 Exhibition of the painting "Summer" at the Salon.

First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874 with about 30 artists and 160 works.

1876/80 More 4 Impressionist exhibitions with many oil paintings by Renoir.

1882 makes painting a portrait of Richard Wagner.

1886 Impressionist exhibition in New York. Disbanding of the group.

In 1890, he marries his girlfriend Aline.

1892/02 Large individual exhibitions at Durand-Ruel.

1898 Renoir ill by ongoing attacks of rheumatism.

1902 Renoir puts on the French Riviera.

1904 The second autumn salon brings Renoir a voluminous success.

1907/12 emergence of the oil painting "Olive forest on the Riviera" click here - View of wooded rolling hills on the shore of a lake in the country

1904/13 Rheumatic seizures worsen bind him and finally in a wheelchair, but his creativity is undiminished.

1914 altarpiece by Renoir include abbreviation the significant bronze sculpture and the oil painting "Das Urteil des Paris".

1919 Renoir ill with pneumonia and died on 3 December in Cagnes.

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