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
Pierre-Auguste Renoir quotes about
thinking finishing finished
I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it.
kings artist clumsy
God, the king of artists, was clumsy.
immortal simplest subjects
The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.
genius craftsman
Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.
giving-up artist way
An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.
white doe
White does not exist in nature.
needs excitement feels
I need to feel the excitement of life stirring around me, and I will always need to feel that.
courage art famous-artist
One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
taken painting breasts
I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts.
school done crafts
If the professional schools should succeed in producing skilled workers trained in the technique of their craft, nothing could be done with them if they had no ideal.
painter breasts feels
A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
photography portraits painting
Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.
morning color black
One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.
beauty pain grief
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.