Pierre Auguste Renoir

Author: Thomas Stevens; Auguste Renoir

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  • : $19.99 NZD
  • : 9781788285742
  • : Arcturus Publishing
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  • : 01 November 2019
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  • : 29.99
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  • : Thomas Stevens; Auguste Renoir
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  • : Hardback
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Barcode 9781788285742
9781788285742

Local Description

This introductory series to the great artists of the past 150 years looks at their lives and inspirations, and showcases a selection of their most significant paintings. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the foremost Impressionist artists, exhibiting six paintings in their famous 1874 exhibition and often painting scenes of middle-class leisure outdoors - en plein air - with Monet. But Renoir's primary interest lay indoors, in depictions of sensuous female nudes and intimate domestic scenes, painted in a warm, bright palette. This book explores the life and work of this leading light of Impressionism, and shows how his work developed in a different direction to many of the others in the group, as he absorbed some elements of a classical style into his painting.