1. Presented By Patrick Diamond Presented To Mr. Swan September 22, 2010

2.  Born Feb 24, 1841 and died Dec 3, 1919  Worked painting designs on porcelain and then blinds while studying at the Louvre  Was devoted to 18 th century French art  Renoir combined modernity and timelessness (nature) in a lot of his pieces  When his paintings were rejected, he abstained from the Salon in Paris (World renowned art expo) for 4 years  He joined the Impressionist group exposition in 1874 to 1877, which featured artists such as Monet, Manet, Sisley and Bazille  Traveled to Italy and visited Florence, Venice, Rome and Naples which inspired him to change his style  Throughout his life, he often changed styles as his mood changed, ushering a new era of painters  Was also a famous portraitist and spent a lot of time painting people for money

3.  Was a prominent artist in the style when it was popular and was one to form Impressionism  Wanted to emulate the grandeur and simplicity of his scenes by concentrating on broad harmonies rather than details  Combined the spontaneity of his outdoor scenes with his love in characterization of his scenes of contemporary life  Used formless dabs of his paintbrush to evoke the presence of objects  In his last portraits and paintings, he combined colour and form flawlessly

5.  Before Impressionism, artists were to paint scenery and portraits as they saw it at face value  Impressionists complained about the constantly changing settings esp. outdoors (changing clouds, low tide/high tide, breeze etc…) and felt that the exact paintings of the time would not work  Instead, artists changed from painting scenes as exact as possible to painting what the artist felt and interpreting the scene as more of a mood  This paved the way to modern art styles which really more and more on feeling than landscapes, and subjects being painted as seen (cubism, pop art)  First form of art to take nude women and stick them in modern settings, which was very avant-garde

6. TEXT Gowing, Lawrence, ed. "Renoir, Auguste." Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, vol. 3. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. Modern World History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE53&iPin=BEAIII314&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 21, 2010). PICTURES Renoir, Auguste. Le moulin de la galette. 1876. Musee D’Orsay, Paris, France. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=149http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=149 Renoir, Auguste. The Harvesters. 1873. Private Collection, Switzerland. Art History. September 21 2010. http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/renoir_landscapes_07/186583_04.htm http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/renoir_landscapes_07/186583_04.htm Renoir, Auguste. The Theatre Box. 1874. Courtauld Institute Galleries, London England. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=66http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=66 Renoir, Auguste. Dancer. 1874. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=34http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=34 Renoir, Auguste. Landscape at Vétheuil. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery. Saptember 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=73http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=73 Renoir Auguste. Luncheon of the Boating Party. The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=165 Renoir, Auguste. La Grenouillère. 1869. Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland. 18 December 2007. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=65 Renoir, Auguste. La Grenouillère. 1869. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=64http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=64 Renoir, Auguste. Oarsmen at Chatou. 1879. National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Auguste Renoir Gallery. September 21 2010. http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=103