No other painter has ever created such seductive images of women. The strokes of Renoir’s brush are light and quick, giving them tenderness, poise and an incomparable grace. The women he represents are magical - indeed they are magicians.hnagine that you could take one home with you. Your eyes would turn to her as soon as you arrive and your last glance would be for her as you leave - she would gradually take over your life.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was the great Impressionist painter of the female form. His voluptuous, seductive women appear to be as delighted to be painted as the painter delighted in painting them.

The paintings in this book include the early open air scenes along the Seine and inthe gardens, as well as nudes and two portraits of the actress Jeanne Samary, one a headand-shoulders, the other fulllength. Although most of the paintings date from the 1870s and 1880s, there is a landscape dated 1902 which is strikingly different from the rest in its violent brushstrokes and the ahnost sketchy haste in which the artist rushed to depict the subject on the canvas. This set of beautiful, full-colour reproductions is a unique opportunity to see works of Renoir which are little-known for some of them, very famous for the others. Paintings are supplemented by an excellent text and commentary.

His Life

Notes

His Work

Chronology

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