The timelessly enchanting paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) continue to reflect our ideals of happiness, love, and beauty. This compact edition, derived from his great volume, the most comprehensive retrospective of his work published to date, examines the personal history and motivation behind the legend. Although he initially painted landscapes in the Impressionist style, Renoir found his true calling in portraits, after which he completely abandoned the Impressionists. Despite the misunderstanding that surrounds him, Renoir remains one of the most beloved painters in history—undoubtedly because his works exude warmth, tenderness, and good cheer. With a penetrating text that traces the artist's career and evolutionary path, Gilles Néret shows how Renoir renewed the painted female form, with his everyday goddesses and their plump curves. Renoir's later phase, characterized by the return to the simple pleasure of the female nude form in the Bathers series, was his most innovative and stylistically dominant, inspiring great artists such as Matisse and Picasso. With a complete chronology, bibliography, photographs, sketches, and brilliant reproductions, this work is the essential reference for this timeless master artist.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 488
- Release Date
- 11/08/2022
- Publication Date
- 2022
- Award
- -
- Dimensions
- 17.1x22.2 cm
- Art Albums
- Yes
- Subjects
- Sculpture - Engraving, Painting - Drawing, Photography - Video
- ISBN-13
- 9783836592093
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