Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Born: February 25, 1841, Limoges, France.

Became an apprentice porcelain painter.

Later, Renoir started copying famous paintings in the Lourve.

Attended the studio of Marc-Gabriel-Charles Gleyer.

Renoir had his first success with a painting of the Esmeralda Dancing with her Goat, in 1864.

Died: December 3, 1919. Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. The female nude was one of his primary subjects. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings. His initial paintings show the influence of the colourism of Eugène Delacroix and the luminosity of Camille Corot. He also admired the realism of Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet, and his early work resembles theirs in his use of black as a color. As well, Renoir admired Edgar Degas' sense of movement. Another painter Renoir greatly admired was the 18th century master François Boucher



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