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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French impressionist painter. Capable of painting in many different styles, even in the same painting, Renoir was certainly prolific, creating over 6,000 paintings in a long career. He had a preference...

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Gallery of 30 Paintings
In this gallery, we showcase 30 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), the French impressionist painter. The selection here is presented in chronological sequence to show the artist's career progression. Renoir was instrumental in...

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Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793) was a French journalist, abolitionist, and politician who played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799). A leader of the Girondins, a moderate political faction, Brissot was instrumental...

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Claude Renoir Painting by Renoir
A 1907 oil on canvas, Claude Renoir Painting, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Claude (b. 1901), also known as Coco, was the artist's youngest son. (Private Collection)

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Portrait of Renoir's Mother by Renoir
An 1860 oil on canvas, Portrait of Renoir's Mother, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. An unfinished work showing the artist's mother Marguerite when she was 53 years old. It is an unusually honest portrait...

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Pierre Vergniaud
Portrait of Pierre Vergniaud (1753-1793), supporter of Jacques-Pierre Brissot and one of the leaders of the Girondins during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1792.

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Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville
Portrait of French revolutionary leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), painting by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, c. 1792.
Palace of Versailles.

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La Grenouillère by Renoir
An 1869 oil on canvas, La Grenouillère, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), the French impressionist painter. Renoir and Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent time working together near the Seine at Croissy – a weekend destination for fashionable...

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The Artist's Family by Renoir
An 1896 oil on canvas, The Artist's Family, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Aline Charigot, Renoir's wife, is arm in arm with their eldest son Pierre and their second son, Jean, is being held by the...

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Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir
An 1881 oil on canvas, Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. A typical Renoir scene of relaxed young people of different classes in one of the artist’s favourite places, the...