FEIST H. PETER

(H/B) RENOIR
One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) remains a towering figure in art history with enduring public appeal. Sun-kissed, charming, and sensual, his work shows painting at its most lighthearted and luminous, while championing the plein air and color innovations of his time. Renoir's oeuvre was prolific, with some several thousand works in his lifetime. Much influenced by forerunners such as Courbet, Degas, Manet, Delacroix, he worked with contemporary peers such as Monet to explore fresh u...
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(P/B) PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, 1841-1919
When we look at one of the great collections of nineteenth century French paintings and finally reach Pierre-Auguste Renoir, we may feel touched by a certain festive cheerfulness which surpasses that of any of his predecessors. Art as something uplifting, a feast for the eye - this is how we can describe both the greatness and also the limitations of his art. Renoir had almost 60 years of active life as an artist, during which he is said to have painted about 6000 pictures. With the exception of Picasso, this was undoubtedly the most proli...
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IMPRESSIONISM (2 VOLUME)
On 15 April 1874 an exhibition featuring 30 artists opened in the Paris studio of Nadar the photographer. They had joined for the express purpose of presenting their work to the public as a group. It was the first group exhibition to be mounted without state intervention or the jurying process. And it was also the birth of Impressionism - an avant-garde event, a revolution that was to be of great significance for all the movements that followed, in Modernist art and after. And the art that went on display was avant-garde and revolutionary ...
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