Gladioli, Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Showing posts with label Renoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renoir. Show all posts
Friday, September 27, 2024
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Monday, March 8, 2021
Friday, April 3, 2020
Monet in His Studio Boat
Monet in His Studio Boat, Eduoard Manet |
Manet painted Claude Monet in his Studio Boat in the summer of 1874 at Gennevilliers.
Partly no doubt because he was more interested in the old masters than the other Impressionists and took a more traditional view of the painter’s role in society, Manet was slow to take up the idea of painting on the spot, in the open air.
But that summer it all changed quite dramatically when he spent some time painting with Monet and Renoir at Argenteuil, a small town just down-river from Paris. There it was Monet’s convictions which especially affected him, and although he never became particularly interested in landscape as such, took to painting people out of doors.
Here he has captured Monet and his wife Camille in the boat which the painter used as a floating studio, rowing it up and down the Seine and stopping whenever he spotted a promising subject. Monet was often desperately poor, but could always rely on a loan from Manet – who was equally unpopular but less dependent on art for his income.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Monday, March 11, 2019
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party, Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
I completely agree with the sentiments of actor Edward G. Robinson who said, "For over thirty years I made periodic visits to Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party in a Washington museum, and stood before that magnificent masterpiece hour after hour, day after day, plotting ways to steal it."
For a wonderful look at who all these people are, check the link above.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Friday, September 8, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Worth a Thousand Words: Gladioli in a Vase
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gladioli in a Vase, c. 1875 via Arts Everyday Living |
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Friday, December 2, 2016
Worth a Thousand Words: Chrysanthemums
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Chrysanthemums via Arts Everyday Living |
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Worth a Thousand Words: Mixed Flowers in an Earthenware Pot
via Arts Everyday Living
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mixed Flowers in an Earthenware Pot, c. 1869 |
Monday, December 22, 2014
Worth a Thousand Words: Young Girl with a Bouquet of Tulips
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Girl with a Bouquet of Tulips, c. 1878 via Arts Everyday Living |
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Worth a Thousand Words: Chestnut in Blossom
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), Chestnut in Blossom via Wikimedia Commons |
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