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Pierre-Auguste Renoir Biography
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1841 |
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Born February 25th in Limoges, France
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1854 |
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Began apprenticeship as a porcelain painter at Levy frères, though the firm went bankrumpt in 1848
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1860 |
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Gained permission to copy in the Louvre
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1861 |
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Attended the studio of Swiss teacher Marc-Gabriel-Charles Gleye
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1862 |
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Enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of Charles Gleyre, where he met artists such as Claude Monet, Alfred Sisely, and Jean Frederic Bazille
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1866 - 1867 |
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Rejected by the Salons
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1869 |
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Renoir and Monet worked together to produce landscape paintings in the Impressionist style
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1870 - 1877 |
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Began to exhibit with a group of Impressionists and experienced a period of heavy criticism followed by successful participation in the official Salons
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1878 |
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Accepted to the Salon and shows four works there in 1879
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1880 |
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Concentrated on painting the female figure and became widely known for his paintings of voluptuous nudes adorned with jewels and trinkets
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1883 |
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Solo exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris, France
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1912 |
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Enjoyed tremendous success as a ranking officer of the Legion of Honor and widely sold painter; exhibited in four solo shows and seven group shows in this year alone
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1919 |
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Died December 3rd at Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008
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Oct. 4 - Jan. 6, "Renoir Landscapes", Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2007
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Feb. 21 - May 20, "Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883", The National Gallery, London
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