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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After Pierre-Auguste Renoir & Richard Guino, La Petite Laveuse Bronze Sculpture
By Richard Guino, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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
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
$2,600
H 16 in W 19 in D 8.5 in
Mid-Century French Patinated Bronze Horse Sculpture After Pierre Lenordez
By Pierre Lenordez
Located in Dallas, TX
Full of movement and expressive detail, this antique-style bronze horse sculpture captures the spirited character of a finely modeled Arabian stallion. Crafted in France circa 1950, after a model by renowned French animalier sculptor Pierre Lenordez...
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
Boy and Girl, Bronze, Marble, After Auguste Moreau
Located in Madrid, ES
Lost wax bronze. Model of Auguste Moureau (1834-1917). marble base Patinated bronze with two children together, the boy holding some flowers. The piece that makes up this lot follows...
Marble, Bronze
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
$2,713
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 11.82 in
Large Bronze Sculpture of Two Horses – After Pierre-Jules Mêne
Located in GB
An elegant and finely modeled bronze sculpture depicting two horses nuzzling in a moment of calm affection, rendered with exquisite anatomical detail and naturalistic posture. This c...
Bronze
French Cupid Bronze Statue After Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)
By Auguste Moreau
Located in New York, NY
French bronze sculpture of Cupid after Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)
Bronze
$2,567
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
$779
H 24.81 in W 10.63 in D 7.88 in
Cupid. Bronze, Marble, After Models from Auguste Moreau ‘1834-1917’
Located in Madrid, ES
On a round base stands the figure of the God of Love, Cupid. The sculpture in bronze, with the iconographic attributes corresponding to this figure in classical mythology, was made b...
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Chalkware “The Eternal Idol” Sculpture After Auguste Rodin
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage chalkware reproduction of Auguste Rodin's The Eternal Idol. The sculpture depicts two nude figures on a textured base and has a painted bronze-tone finish with dark green acc...
Plaster
$14,963Sale Price|24% Off
H 26 in W 28 in D 10 in
Shadow Box Sculpture "La Cirque de La Loba" by Bob La Bobgah, 1985
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting "La Cirque de La Loba," a captivating sculpture from the 1980s crafted by the accomplished artist Bob La Bobgah, also known as Robert Hamilton...
Metal
French Terracotta Sculpture, 20th Century by Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
By Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand, French terracotta sculpture of a baby holding a question mark symbol, Titled "Le Point d'interrogation" signed "Louis Bertrand" and dated "3. 1931" T...
Terracotta
"La Petite Sphere" Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze sculpture on marble base by Emile Gilioli entitled "La Petite Sphere". This piece will be included in "The Forth Coming" catalog which is being produced by The Gilioli Archive. "Emile Gilioli was born to a family on Italian shoemakers who had settled beside the Canal Saint-Martin. After the first World War, the family moved back towards Italy, settling in Nice. In 1932, Gilioli took courses at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Nice, notably with the future artist Marie Raymond. During the Second World War, Gilioli was mobilized in Grenoble where he passed the remainder of the conflict. He made the acquaintance of Andry Fracy, a conservationist at the Grenoble Musee des baux-arts and led him to discover cubism. After the war, Gilioli settled in Saint-Martin-de-La-Cluze near Grenoble, where he sculpted in his workshop. His art was associated in a certain way with the deeds of the French Renaissance. He became friendly with Thomas Gleb...
Bronze
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
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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