Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir, 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."...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth25 February 1841
CityLimoges, France
immortal simplest subjects
The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.
nice giving people
People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
genius craftsman
Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.
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A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
mistake growing advantage
The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
periods searchers creator
We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
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I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.
making-love brushes
It's with my brush that I make love.
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I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.
painting pinching feels
I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.
museums nymphs tree
What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree; and it was Corot himself that I found in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.