Severely crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, 71-year-old painter Pierre- Auguste Renoir agreed in 1912 to one last attempt at walking. But when the doctor lifted him from his wheelchair, Renoir managed ...
Madame Leon Clapisson, Renoir, 1883 Art Institute of Chicago / WikiPaintings In 1883, the great artist Pierre-August Renoir painted an impressionistic oil-on-canvas portrait of Valentine Clapisson, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) – A Renoir painting looted by the ...
Conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago are using new scientific technology to rediscover the original appearance of a painting by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, reports the New ...
Fourteen of the paintings have never been seen in an American museum. The word “landscapes” in the show’s title shouldn’t be taken too literally, however. Visitors will also see Renoir’s roiling ...
Auguste Renoir’s masterpiece *A Girl with a Pink and Black Hat* (1891) fully embodies the French Impressionist master’s ...
The fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir are hanging in the museum. In April, Geller started a petition on the White House website urging President Obama ...
“IN MY opinion, focused exhibitions, with a limited number of works, make more of an impact,” wrote Pierre-Auguste Renoir to his art dealer in 1902. The French Impressionist would have waved his ...
What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bitesbrings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...
WEBVTT DAVID COLLINS, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. 63 YEARS AFTER IT WAS STOLEN FROM THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, A PAINTING BY THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST RENOIR WAS RETURNED HOME. TODAY THE TINY PAINTING WAS ...
Alfred and Marie Weinberger escaped Nazi-occupied Paris at the onset of World War II, but they couldn’t take their paintings with them. The Jewish couple fled to the French Alps and left their ...