Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
French, 1841-1919
An early 20th-century master, Pierre-Auguste Renoir created thousands of figurative prints and paintings and is credited as one of the founders of the Impressionist movement. His frequently reproduced works are appreciated for their luminous appearance, rich colors and soft, feathered brushstrokes.
Renoir was born in Limoges, France, in 1841. He began painting as a child while working in a porcelain factory, which led to a formal study of art in Paris under Charles Gleyre. In the early 1860s, he often visited the Louvre to study French master painters, and he became friends with Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley, both leading Impressionists.
Renoir first exhibited his paintings in 1864, but he did not rise to prominence until his first exhibition with the Impressionists in 1874. In 1877, Renoir stopped exhibiting with the Impressionists and embarked on a series of travels. In 1881, he went to Algeria and Spain, meeting the artists Eugène Delacroix and Diego Velázquez. He continued to Rome, Sicily, Algeria and Guernsey, where he created 15 paintings in one month in the summer of 1883.
In 1890, Renoir married Aline Victorine Charigot, a portrait model and muse for many of his works. They had three sons, and in 1907, Renoir moved his family to the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, near the Mediterranean. By this time, he had developed arthritis in his hands, and he had a stroke in 1912, after which he used a wheelchair. Renoir continued to paint for the rest of his life, even strapping a brush to his paralyzed fingers.
Shortly before his death in 1919, Renoir visited the Louvre to see his paintings now hanging next to the artistic icons that he used to study and admire. He returned to his home village and died in December of that year.
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Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in London, GB
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Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed upp...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Oil, Canvas
“Le Chapeau Epingle”
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
Original etching and drypoint on wove paper. This is the third version and the second edition printed in 1921 of Le Chapeau Epingle. Condition is very good...
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1880s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Archival Paper, Etching
"Buste d'enfant, tourné à droite" original etching
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original soft ground etching. This is a lifetime impression printed in 1914 on laid paper and published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer for Theodore Duret's "Die Impressionisten"...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
La Pierre aux Trois Croquis
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Pierre aux Trois Croquis
From: Douze lithographies originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Publisher: Ambrose Vollard
Edition: 950 (signed in the stone) on wove paper as here (see pho...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Au Bord De La Rivière By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919 French
Au bord de la rivière
(Along the River)
Oil on canvas
"Renoir may be the only great painter who has never painted a sad picture."
- Octave ...
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19th Century Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Oil, Canvas
"Femme nue assise" original etching
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this lovely impression on cream laid paper is from the rare 1906 first edition of "Histoire d...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
"Baigneuse Debout, a mi-jambes" original etching
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 23. This is a lifetime impression published in 1910 for the rare first edition of "Manet & the French Impressionists" by Theodo...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
FEMME AU CEP DE VIGNE (Woman By The Grapevine)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (French, 1841-1919)
FEMME AU CEP DE VIGNE (Woman By The Grapevine) c. 1904 (Stella 45, Roger-Marx 20).
First version, only state....
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Early 1900s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Le chapeau épinglé (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine), c. 1894
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Returning to a familiar subject, Renoir captures fellow painter Berthe Morisot's daughter and her cousin in a sweet moment. Morisot, one of the few woman Impressionists to figure as ...
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1890s Modern Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
"Une Mère et Enfant (Jean Renoir)"
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 -1919)
"Une Mère et Enfant (Jean Renoir)"
(Mother and Child)
Delteil 10, Stella 10
Drypoint in color, 1896
Proof aside from the numbered edition of 100 impressions
Published in “L’Album des peintres-graveurs; Ambroise Vollard
Signature on the stone “Renoir”
10” x 7 3/4”
Very fine impression on laid paper
Renoir’s interest in the mother and child theme was awakened with the birth of his first son Pierre in 1885. In 1894 their second son, Jean, was born. This was the inspiration for this particular etching created when Jean was just two years old. Renoir was interested in Rubens and Delacroix’s rich use of color and loose rounded form which he observed in the Louvre in Paris. His appreciation is evident in this printThe simple positioning of the figures is structurally balanced, and shows Renoir looking back to Raphael’s Virgin and Child paintings...
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1880s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Claude Renoir, la Tete Baisee (Claude Renoir, Head Lowered)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Claude Renoir, la Tete Baisee
(Claude Renoir, Head Lowered)
Lithograph, 1904
Edition 1,000, this one of 950 on wove paper with the stamp signature (there were also 50 impressions pri...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
'Baigneuse Debout, à Mi-Jambes' — French Impressionism
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Pierre Auguste Renoir, 'Baigneuse Debout, à Mi-Jambes (Woman Bathing, Standing Up to Her Knees in Water)', 1910, etching, edition not stated, Delteil 23. Unsigned as published. A fin...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Les Laveuses, 2e Pensee (The Washerwoman)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Laveuses, 2e Pensee (The Washerwomen)
Lithograph, c. 1910
Unsigned (as issued)
Edition: c.30-50 impressions
Condition: Rust spot, associated with paper manufacture, in right marg...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
L'efant aux biscuit (Child with Cookie)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
An intimate portrait of his second son, Jean Renoir (1894 – 1979), evokes a childlike sentiment and love that Renoir had for his children. Most likely no more than age 3, Jean is shown here with a cookie, beneath a frilly bonnet characteristic of late 19th century French society. His pink, rosy cheeks are defined with rich, glowing hues that contrast from the pale yellow and grey background in which he rests. Jean was also featured in a family portrait of the Renoirs, titled La Famille de l’Artiste (1896).
Created in 1899, this Color Lithograph on Cream Laid Paper is from the edition of 100, from the unpublishedL’Album d’estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard; printed by Auguste Clot, Paris.
Catalogue Raisonné:
It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work):
1. Delteil, Loys. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, l’œuvre grave...
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1890s Modern Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
"Femme nue assise" original etching
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this is a lifetime impression published in 1909 in Berlin by Cassirer for "Kunst und Kunstler...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Vue prise des Collettes, Cagnes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Landscape painting
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in London, GB
Vue prise des Collettes, Cagnes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
28 x 45.7 cm (11 x 18 inches)
Signed lower left, Renoir
Executed circa 1910-1911
This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the Wildenstein Institute confirming its inclusion in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Pierre-Auguste Renoir being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute established from the archives of François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein.
Provenance: Mme Chavan, Lausanne
Sotheby’s London, 2nd December 1981
Sotheby’s London, 4th February 2004
Richard Green, London
Private collection, acquired from the above in August 2004
Stern Pissarro Gallery, London
Private collection, London, acquired from the above
Literature: A.Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, pastels et dessins, Paris, 1918
G-P. Dauberville and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, 1903-1910, vol 4, no. 2930
Artist biography:Renoir began his artistic career as a porcelain painter but began copying paintings...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Canvas, Oil
Baigneuse Debout, à Mi-Jambes — French Impressionism
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Pierre Auguste Renoir, 'Baigneuse Debout, à Mi-Jambes (Woman Bathing, Standing Up to Her Knees in Water)', 1910, etching, edition not stated, Delteil 23. Unsigned as published. A fin...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Une Mère et Deux Enfants
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in New York, NY
A very good, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce lithograph on cream laid paper. From the edition of approximately 50.
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Laid Paper, Lithograph
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 -1919)
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate
(The Country Dance (second plate))
Delteil 2, Stella 2
Soft-ground Etching in black ink, c. 1890
Only State...
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1890s Art Nouveau Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
"Les Deux Baigneuses (The Two Bathers), " Etching by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Deux Baigneuses (The Two Bathers)" is an original etching from 'L'Estampe Originale' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Signed with initial and numbered ‘42’, from the edition of 100. The stamp of the publication is in the lower left of the paper. This piece features two nude female bathers.
10 1/4" x 9 1/4" image
23 1/2" x 16 3/4" paper
34 1/8" x 28 1/8" frame
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renor (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."
Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. The female nude was one of his primary subjects. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings.
His initial paintings...
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1890s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
La Pierre au Trois Croquis (The Stone with Three Sketches), 1904
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A warm and loving depiction of a group of three women, the delicate soft appearance of these portraits evokes a sense of the romanticism and sensitivity put forth by Renoir in this p...
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Early 1900s Modern Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Baigneuse Debout, en Pied (Standing Bather) - Lithograph after Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
Baigneuse Debout, en Pied (Standing Barther) is an original print realized after a 1896 famous lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841 - Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1919).
Later edit...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
BAIGNEUSE ASSISE (D., S. 11)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Aventura, FL
Soft-ground etching, with the stamped signature. From the edition of 1,000. Printed by Ambroise Vollard, 1919, on wove paper, with wide margins. Sheet size: 12.62 x 9.75 in. Image si...
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1910s Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching, Paper
Child In White (Detail)-Poster. New York Graphic Society.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. Measures 21 x 16.5 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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1940s Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
"Femme au cep de vigne, 4th var." (Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 -1919)
"Femme au cep de vigne, 4th variante" Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant
Delteil 48, Stella 48
Original lithograph in black ink, 1904 -1905
On...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 -1919)
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate
(The Country Dance (second plate))
Delteil 2, Stella 2
Soft-ground Etching in black ink, c. 1890
Only State on smooth wove paper
With the stamped signature, as issued
Image Size: 8 5/8” x 5 1/3”
Fine strong and tonal impression with full margins
The most famous etching...
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1890s Art Nouveau Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Etching
Child In White-Poster. New York Graphic Society.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. Measures 29 x 23.5 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition. Please note: the paper has not been cropped, but the title bar is uneven with the bottom of the page (this was part...
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Late 20th Century Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
"Jeune fille au chapeau" Printed in France
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Print. Measures 17 x 12.25 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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Late 20th Century Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Das Bad-Copyright by Die Piperdrucke Verlags. Printed in Germany
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Copyright by Die Piperdrucke Verlags. Printed in Germany. Measures 23.25 x 19.5 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition-signs of wear consistent with age and handling.
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Late 20th Century Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Little Nude in Blue-Poster. New York Graphic Society. Printed in Switzerland.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. Measures 17.75 x 13.75 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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Late 20th Century Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Standing Swimmer - Drypoint 1910
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Paris, FR
Pierre Auguste RENOIR
Standing swimmer
Drypoint 2010
On vergé ivoire paper
Size 33 x 25 cm
Very good condition
REFERENCE : Catalog raisonné Stella 23
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1910s Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Drypoint
LE CHAPEAU EPINGLE (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine), 2e planche
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper bearing the “AUVERGNE” watermark.
Signed with the artist's stamped signature in the margin below the platemark lower right Re...
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19th Century Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Drypoint
Young Girl Bathing-Poster. New York Graphic Society. Printed in Switzerland
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. Measures 17.75 x 13.75 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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Late 20th Century Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Lithograph
Madeleine by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919 French
Madeleine
(Buste de femme avec fleurs dans les cheveux)
Signed “Renoir” (upper right)
Oil on canvas
This intimate portrait by Impressionism...
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20th Century Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Oil, Canvas
Lavandières au bord du Loup
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in London, GB
stamped 'Renoir' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)
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1910s Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art
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Canvas, Oil
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