Presented By Patrick DiamondPresented To Mr. SwanSeptember 22, 2010

Born Feb 24, 1841 and died Dec 3, 1919 Worked painting designs on porcelain and then blinds while studying

at the Louvre Was devoted to 18th century French art Renoir combined modernity and timelessness (nature) in a lot of his

pieces When his paintings were rejected, he abstained from the Salon in

Paris (World renowned art expo) for 4 years He joined the Impressionist group exposition in 1874 to 1877, which

featured artists such as Monet, Manet, Sisley and Bazille Traveled to Italy and visited Florence, Venice, Rome and Naples

which inspired him to change his style Throughout his life, he often changed styles as his mood changed,

ushering a new era of painters Was also a famous portraitist and spent a lot of time painting people

for money

Was a prominent artist in the style when it was popular and was one to form Impressionism

Wanted to emulate the grandeur and simplicity of his scenes by concentrating on broad harmonies rather than details

Combined the spontaneity of his outdoor scenes with his love in characterization of his scenes of contemporary life

Used formless dabs of his paintbrush to evoke the presence of objects

In his last portraits and paintings, he combined colour and form flawlessly

Before Impressionism, artists were to paint scenery and portraits as they saw it at face value

Impressionists complained about the constantly changing settings esp. outdoors (changing clouds, low tide/high tide, breeze etc…) and felt that the exact paintings of the time would not work

Instead, artists changed from painting scenes as exact as possible to painting what the artist felt and interpreting the scene as more of a mood

This paved the way to modern art styles which really more and more on feeling than landscapes, and subjects being painted as seen (cubism, pop art)

First form of art to take nude women and stick them in modern settings, which was very avant-garde

TEXTGowing, Lawrence, ed. "Renoir, Auguste." Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, vol. 3. New York: Facts

On File, Inc., 2005. Modern World History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE53&iPin=BEAIII314&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 21, 2010).

PICTURESRenoir, Auguste. Le moulin de la galette. 1876. Musee D’Orsay, Paris, France. Auguste Renoir Gallery.

September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=149Renoir, Auguste. The Harvesters. 1873. Private Collection, Switzerland. Art History. September 21

2010. http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/renoir_landscapes_07/186583_04.htmRenoir, Auguste. The Theatre Box. 1874. Courtauld Institute Galleries, London England. Auguste Renoir

Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=66Renoir, Auguste. Dancer. 1874. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery.

September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=34Renoir, Auguste. Landscape at Vétheuil. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir

Gallery. Saptember 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=73Renoir Auguste. Luncheon of the Boating Party. The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA. Auguste

Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=165Renoir, Auguste. La Grenouillère. 1869. Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland. 18

December 2007. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=65

Renoir, Auguste. La Grenouillère. 1869. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=64

Renoir, Auguste. Oarsmen at Chatou. 1879. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=103