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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Pierre Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919 Buste de Coco, 1907
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Dallas, TX
Pierre Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919 Buste de Coco, 1907 Signed Renoir and numbered 2/6 and stamped Cire Perdue C. Valsuani Bronze with a dark brown patina Height 9 7/8 inches (25...
Bronze
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Etching Le Chapeau Epingle (The Hat Pin or Pinning)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful drypoint etching by master French Impressionist artist/painter Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) titled "Le Chapeau Epingle ( also referred to as "The Hat Pin", "The Pinn...
Wood, Paper
Pierre Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919 La Petite Laveuse or L'Eau de la Petite
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Dallas, TX
Pierre Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919 La Petite Laveuse or L'Eau de la Petite Laveuse Accroupie Inscribed Renoir at the base Patinated plaster Height 13 3/8 inches (34 cm) Conditi...
Plaster
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame de Galéa Signed Original Sketch Graphite on Paper
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A lovely impressionist portrait graphite drawing on paper titled “Madame de Galéa” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Hand signed “R” on the bottom left. Created circa 1900s. On the verso it is inscribed “Study for Painting. Exhibition at Detroit Institute of Arts.” Renoir painted several portraits of Madame Madeleine de Galéa, and Renoir’s 1915 painting...
Paper
Bronze Sculpture After Le Grande Venus Victrix by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Stamford, CT
Le Grande Venus Victrix by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 In collaboration with Richard Guino Designed 1914-1916 Date of casting 1992 This is a bro...
Bronze
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Aquatint on Arches Paper Titled "Femme Nue" with C.O.A.
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Miami, FL
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Aquatint on Arches Paper Titled "Femme Nue" with C.O.A. Offered for sale is a Pierre-Auguste Renoir aquatint on Arches vellum paper. The engraving measures 12 ...
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
After Pierre-Auguste Renoir & Richard Guino, La Petite Laveuse Bronze Sculpture
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Richard Guino
Located in Atlanta, GA
A compact, vigorously modelled bronze of a crouching nude at her ablutions, this sculpture corresponds to Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s sculptural theme of the washer woman (La Laveuse), d...
Bronze
EXPO 67 MONTREAL ART Original Vintage Travel World's Fair Poster RENOIR
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Chicago, IL
EXPO 67 - MONTREAL - ART Authentic original World's Fair travel poster Designer: Guy Lalumiere / Painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Condition: A- Dimensions: 20 x 30 in. / 51 x 76.2 c...
Paper
$2,252
H 7.49 in W 9.06 in D 4.73 in
Bronze Sculpture after A. Canova, P. Bonaparte as Venus Victrix, Paris, 20th. C.
By Antonio Canova
Located in Regensburg, DE
Solid bronze figure of a woman reclining on a sofa, “Paolina Bonaparte as Venus Victrix” – a famous motif by A. Canova, from Paris, probably around 1950. Engraved on the plinth “A. C...
Marble, Bronze
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.75 in W 13 in D 12 in
Signed Polychromed Bronze Sculpture of Woman in a Dress after Auguste Moreau
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This signed polychromed bronze sculpture after Auguste Moreau beautifully captures the elegance and romantic spirit of the late 19th-century French Art Nouveau movement. Depicting a ...
Marble, Bronze
Coco de Mer on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual Coco de Mer with its iconic form perfectly undecorated. Found on the Seychelles archipelago and presented on a custom aluminum stand.
Coconut
Salvador Dali "Le Cavalier Cosmique" Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Vienna, AT
Le Cavalier cosmique (Cosmic Rider), around 1982, hand-signed: Dali, numbered: 104/250 and a stamp next to number, drypoint with pochoir in color, partly hand-colored (watercoloured)...
Paper
$6,000
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.38 in
Signed Georges Braque Etching 1950, Le Nid Vert 'The Green Nest' Maeght 1028
By Georges Braque
Located in St. Louis, MO
Artist Georges Braque 1882-1963, etching and aquatint Le Nid Vert (The Green Nest) M.1028 on Rives BFK paper, circa 1950. Signed and dated to lower edge 'G. Braque 157/300'. This wor...
Paper
$2,655
H 17.3 in W 13.4 in D 25.6 in
Important French Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture, Jean Pierre Gasnier, Port-de- Bouc
By Jean-Pierre Gasnier
Located in BORGO, FR
Important and rare sculptural ceramic by French artist H. Gasnier, signed “H. Gasnier – Port de Bouc,” and created in the 1970s. This striking large-scale piece depicts a stylized zo...
Ceramic
Petite Blanc de Chine Porcelain Cat Sculpture, Vintage
Located in Yonkers, NY
This petite vintage Blanc de Chine porcelain cat is a charming and elegant decorative piece that captures the serene beauty of a cat in repose. Crafted with meticulous attention to d...
Porcelain
$5,997Sale Price|40% Off
H 18.5 in W 11.5 in D 4.25 in
Tireuse A L'arc Bronze Greek Archer Diana Sculpture by Pierre Le Faguays
By Pierre Lefaguays
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Designed by French sculptor Pierre Le Faguays in 1925, this Art Deco bronze statue features a young Grecian female archer named "Diana" gracefully pulling her bow. The statue highlig...
Bronze
$2,960Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.66 in W 8.67 in D 7.88 in
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Pierre Le Faguays
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Mérida, YU
Art Deco bronze sculpture by French Artist Pierre Le Faguays, France 1930. Bronze on green marble base. This sculpture is illustrated in: Art Deco and other figures by Brian Catley, ...
Bronze
After Pablo Picasso "Femme Avec Le Chapeau"
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Vienna, AT
After Pablo Picasso ''Femme avec le chapeau'' Screenprint 24 x 35cm Sheet. Done after a painting executed in 1970s. Framed 41x52cm.
Paper
$3,150
H 30 in W 35.63 in D 1.5 in
Impressionist Revival Beach Scene Painting, in the Manner Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Miami, FL
Impressionist Revival Beach Scene Painting, Mid-Century, in the Manner of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Greynolds Estate Provenance Impressionist Revival Coastal Figures Painting in the Man...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$4,800
H 14.75 in W 28 in D 10 in
Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova
Located in New York, NY
Very finely carved 19 century Italian Marble Sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte / Borghese as Venus Victrix After Antonio Canova.
Marble
Pierre-Auguste Renoir "Femme Nue Couchee" Etching, Framed
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 Historical Description This lovely image captures a sense of innocence and repose. With his delicate use of line, Renoir conveys a sense of grace an...
Paper
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H 11.4 in W 8.1 in D 1.75 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir France 1892-1924 Original Etching Portrait Berthe Morison
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Miami, FL
An etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). This is an etching on cream wove paper, made in France from the original drawing of Berthe Morisot realized by Renoir between the 1887 and 1897. This is the original (Stella 4) dry point impression signed in the plate at the lower left. This was first published by Theodore Durets for the Renoir Drawings in 1924. This was the only original etching of this work. Berthe Morisot was a contemporary and friend of Auguste Renoir and a successful impressionist painter in her own right. She and her sister Edma studied under Camille Corot. Measures: Including all paper margins of 282 mm by 203 mm (11.4 x 8.10 Inches). The printed image is 112.5 mm by 88 mm (4.5 by 3.5 inches). Catalog: In the Renoir raisonne catalogues as Delteil-4 and Stella-4. Provenance: Garrett Galleries, Dallas Texas1998, Encinitas, Ca Estate Sale, 2013, Kaminski Auctions...
Paper
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H 20.25 in W 1.75 in D 18.75 in
Original Pierre Auguste Renoir Sur la Plage "On the Beach" Framed Etching
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Dayton, OH
"Sur la Plage (On the Beach) by Pierre Auguste Renoir. He was born on February 25, 1841, in the small manufacturing town of Limoges. His family moved to Paris when he was four years ...
Paper
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H 18.25 in W 1 in D 17.25 in
Antique Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait of Berthe Morisot Etching with COA
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Dayton, OH
Portrait of Berthe Morisot drypoint etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1924 edition with COA. Renoir was born on February 25, 1841, in the small manufacturing town of Limoges. His fam...
Paper
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H 19 in W 15 in D 0.75 in
"Le Chapeau Epingle" by Pierre Auguste Renoir Framed Dry Point Etching, 1894
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in San Diego, CA
Original dry point etching printed in black ink on laid paper by Pierre-Auguste Renoir entitled "Le Chapeau Epingle", circa 1894. The piece is signed in plate. Measurements are as fo...
Paper
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H 11.75 in W 10.625 in D 1 in
"Le Chapeau Epingle" by Pierre Auguste Renoir Framed Dry Point Etching, 1894
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in San Diego, CA
Original dry point etching printed in black ink on laid paper by Pierre-Auguste Renoir entitled "Le Chapeau Epingle", circa 1894. The piece is signed in plate. Measurements...
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Original Stone Lithograph, La Tete Baisee
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) original lithograph: "Claude Renoir, Fils de l'Artiste, la Te^te Baise´e" or "Claude Renoir, the Artist's Son, LookingDown.” Catalog references: De...
Paper