Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) French Impressionist Painter

Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France on February 25, 1841, the sixth child of a tailor. He eventually became one of the leading members of the Impressionist painting movement.

Self-Portrait 1910, oil on canvas, 16.5 × 13 in Private collection 3

Sailboats at Argenteuil or The Seine at Argenteuil, 1873, oil on canvas 20” x 26” Portland Art Museum 4

La Loge 1874 Oil on canvas 31” x 25” Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, England

Girl With Watering Can 1876, oil on canvas, 40” x 29 3/8” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.

The Swing 1876, oil on canvas, 36 3/4” x 29 1/4” , Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

Bal du Moulin de la Galette, 1876, oil on canvas, 51½” x 68 7/8”, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

9 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Madame Charpentier and her Children 1878, oil on canvas, 61 5/8” x 76” 9

Two Sisters aka On the Terrace 1879 Oil on canvas, 40” x 32 3/8” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1879, oil on canvas, 32 3/8” x 40”, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Oarsmen at Chatou

Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880, oil on canvas, 51 ¾” x 69” , Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 12

13 The Umbrellas 1881 - 1885 oil on canvas 72” x 46 1/8” , National Gallery, London, England 13

Fruits from the Midi, 1881, oil on canvas, 20” x 25 5/8”, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 14

15 Young Girls at the Piano c.1892 Oil on canvas 116.0 x 81.0cm Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris 15

Young Girl Reading 1891 22” x 18-1/4” oil on canvas Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 16

17 Woman with a Mandolin 1919 oil on canvas 22” x 22” private collection, New York 17