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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

An artist should only listen to his true master: nature.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges in 1841; his family, of modest means, moved to Paris in 1844. He was barely 13 years old when he began working as an apprentice (making porcelain, painted fabrics, etc.). Attracted to painting, Renoir took a drawing course in a municipal workshop. In 1859, he decorated a number of Parisian cafés with mythological scenery. From 1860 until 1864, he . . .

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New Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Le chapeau épinglé, third plate
Le chapeau...
Circa 1894 Original etching. Later impression from the original plate. La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine (Berthe Morisot's daughter and her cousin.). Wofsy n° 8, Delteil n° 8
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Le chapeau épinglé, third plate
Le chapeau...
Circa 1894 Original etching. Later impression from the original plate. La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine (Berthe Morisot's daughter and her cousin.). Wofsy n° 8, Delteil n° 8
Original drypoint de Renoir P.-Auguste : Nude woman reclining, facing right. First version
Nude woman...
Circa 1906 Original drypoint, second state, with a stamped signature. Later impression from the original plate. Wofsy n° 13, Delteil n° 14
Mourlot poster de Renoir P.-Auguste : Musée Cantini
Musée Cantini
1963 Vintage poster printed in lithograph by Mourlot, for the artist exhibition at Musée Cantini in Marseille Without
Lithograph poster de Renoir P.-Auguste : Galerie des Ponchettes
Galerie des...
1952 Vintage poster printed in lithograph for the exhibition « Renoir » at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice. Without
Original lithograph de Renoir P.-Auguste : Claude Renoir, looking down
Claude Renoir,...
1904 Original lithograph, with the stamp signature, extracted from the suite "Douze lithographies originales de Pierre Renoir" (Twelve Pierre Renoir's... Roger-Marx n° 14, Delteil n° 39
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : La danse à la campagne, 2nd plate
La danse à la...
Circa 1890 Original softground etching, stamped signature. Delteil n° 2
Original lithograph de Renoir P.-Auguste : Claude Renoir turned on the left
Claude Renoir...
1904 Original lithograph, with the stamp signature, extracted from the suite "Douze lithographies originales de Pierre Renoir" (Twelve Pierre Renoir's... Roger-Marx n° 14, Stella n° 39
Single work Original oil de Renoir P.-Auguste : Woman in red reading
Woman in red reading
1895 Oil on canvas, signed with the stamp of the atelier. G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Vol III N°2167
Original signed drawing de Renoir P.-Auguste : Washerwomen
Washerwomen
Date unknown Drawing in charcoal, signed with his monogram (?R?) by the artist in bottom on the right. Certificate of authenticity by the Wildenstein Institute. In the past collection Ambroise Vollard.
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Claude Renoir, de trois-quart à droite
Claude Renoir, de...
1908 Original unsigned etching, 2nd state. Wofsy n° 18
Etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : The Scamandre river, 2° version
The Scamandre...
Circa 1900 Original etching, aquaforte, signed with the stamp in bottom on the right. Published and printed by Ambroise Vollard (1918). Delteil n° 25
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Le fleuve scamandre
Le fleuve scamandre
Unknown date Original etching, first state signed with stamp. Delteil n°24
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Le fleuve scamandre
Le fleuve scamandre
Unknown date Original etching, first state signed with stamp. Delteil n°24
Original lithograph de Renoir P.-Auguste : Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Circa 1996 Original lithograph, not signed. Roger Marx n° 8, Delteil n° 33
Original lithograph de Renoir P.-Auguste : Claude Renoir
Claude Renoir
circa 1904 (2nd state) The lowered head. Original lithograph, signed in the plate below the composition, published in 1919 by Ambroise Vollard. Roger-Marx n° 14, Stella n° 39
Original etching de Renoir P.-Auguste : Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot
1892 Original etching, signed in the plate, executed for the 125 first copies of the book Stella or Delteil n° 4

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « La vie et l’oeuvre de P.-Auguste Renoir », Ed Vollard, Paris, 1919
  • « Auguste Renoir », F. Daulte, Princesse, Paris, 1979
  • « Renoir », Cat., Grand Palais, Paris, 1985
  • « Renoir », F. Casellani, Gründ, Paris, 1996
  • « Renoir sa vie, son œuvre », Paul Joannides, Ed. Soline, 2000
  • « Auguste Renoir peintre du bonheur : 1841-1919 », Gilles Néret, Ed. Taschen, 2001
  • « Renoir au XXe siècle », cat. d'expo., Grand-Palais, Ed. RMN, Paris, 2009
  • « Renoir », Anne Distel, Ed. Citadelles & Mazenod, 2009
  • « Renoir », D. Marchesseau et autres, cat. d'expo., Ed. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2014
  • « Scènes de la vie impressionniste… », collectif, Ed. RMN, Paris, 2016
To read from the artist :
  • « P.-Auguste Renoir, mon père », Jean Renoir, Hachette, 1962
  • « Auguste Renoir : Ecrits et Entretiens », A. De Butler, Ed. Amateur, 2001
Website :
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Mouvements de l'art

  • + IMPRESSIONNISM / 1855-1890 / Claude Monet, Frédéric Bazille, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Caillebotte, etc.
  • + ARMORY SHOW / 1913 / Constantin Brancusi, Charles Camoin, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Hopper, Joseph Stella, etc.
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