Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paintings
Famous Artists · Impressionism
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
25 February 1841, Limoges — 3 December 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer
Nobody painted happiness better — sunlight, friends and the glow of a long afternoon. Every painting below is 100% hand-painted in oils on canvas, from $299 with free delivery Australia-wide.
About Renoir & our reproductions
The life
Renoir began as a porcelain painter's apprentice, decorating fans in the style of Watteau, Fragonard and Boucher — and that immense skill and ability to convey charm remained entirely undiminished all his life. Uncompromisingly, he painted what pleased him: dances, luncheons, children and bathers, all bathed in the warm, feathered light that made him Impressionism's great painter of people.
By 1881, the year he turned forty and began travelling around Europe and North Africa, Renoir knew it was time for a reassessment. He decided that colour was to be the servant, not the master, and turned to firmer drawing and more carefully judged tonal form. Though crippled by arthritis in his later years, he painted on until his death of a heart attack at Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1919.
Our reproductions
Every Renoir reproduction at Direct Art Australia is 100% hand-painted in oils on artist canvas by professional artists — never a print. His feathery, blended strokes and rosy light are recreated with soft, loaded brushes. You approve photographs of your painting before it ships, and delivery is free Australia-wide.
Can’t find the Renoir work you’re after? We can hand-paint any of his works on request — just ask for a quote.
