Renoir – Oil Paintings 1860–1917 - Hardcover

Adriani, Gotz

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9780300074871: Renoir – Oil Paintings 1860–1917

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300074875 ISBN 13: 9780300074871

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1999

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Perhaps the most beloved of the Impressionist painters, Auguste Renoir conveyed his joyous appreciation of everyday life through his channing still lifes, his luminous landscapes, and, in particular, his masterful and sensous figure paintings. He was admired and respected not only by the general public but also by such fellow artists as Matisse, Cezanne, and Picasso: "In his work we recognize an artist of great gifts who has 'he gratitude to respect them" wrote Matisse in an homage to Renoir in 1918.This magnificent book presents a rich selection of Renoir's major works from throughout his fifty-year career. The book, which contains 117 color-plates and 65 black-and-white illustrations, discusses Renoir's development as a painter, the unique methods of his genius, and his importance as a leading artistic personality of his era.

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A lavishly illustrated and well-researched monograph Refreshingly free of the myth-making tone that characterizes much monographic writing about Renoir. Distel’s book presents a careful, unbiased reconstruction of the complexity and nuance of the artist’s unfolding life and career. Summing up: Recommended.
—Choice

This gorgeous monograph might just be the definitive volume on the beloved artist.
—FRANCE magazine

About the Author:

Anne Distel, a specialist in Impressionist painting, is emeritus curator-at-large of the French patrimony. During her distinguished career in the Mus�es de France, she organized important exhibitions devoted to Renoir, Seurat, and Caillebotte, among others.

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