Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

French painter who was a leading figure in the development of the Impressionist movement. His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of sparkling color and light. By the mid-1880s, however, he had broken with the movement to apply a more disciplined, formal technique to portraits and figure paintings, particularly of women.

Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre

Oil on fabric, 1876
51.6" x 68.9" (131 × 175 cm)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Le Déjeuner des Canotiers
(Luncheon of the Boating Party)

Oil on canvas, 1881
51." x 68" (129.5 × 172.7 cm)
 Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Dance in the City

Oil on canvas, 1883
70.8" x 35.4" (180 x 90 cm)
Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Young Woman with a Veil

Oil on canvas,1876
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Two Sisters on the Terrace

Oil on canvas, 1881
39.6" x 31.9" (100.5 x 81 cm)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

The Umbrellas

Oil on canvas, 1883
National Gallery, London

Bouquet of Chrysanthemums

Oil on canvas, c.1885
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen

A Girl With a Watering Can

Oil on canvas, 1876
39.4" x 28.7" (100 x 73 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.