View From Cap Martin of Monte Carlo Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 -1919)

Born in Limoges, France, Renoir moved to Paris as a boy with his family. He was apprenticed as a porcelain painter before joining the Atelier Gleyre in 1862, where he met Claude Monet, Frédéric Bazille, and Alfred Sisley. With them, he was one of the founding members of the Société Anonyme des Artistes, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, etc., later known as the “impressionists,” participating in four of the group’s eight exhibitions.

Renoir is more famous for his charming figure pieces, but he painted landscapes throughout his life. Like his impressionist colleagues, his views of the 1870s focused on the suburbs of Paris. There they explored new subjects, broadly painted in the bright hues characteristic of early impressionism. . . .

:: Laura Coyle, Art historian and Independent Curator

Text excerpted from A Capital Collection: Masterworks from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which is available for purchase in the Corcoran Shop. :: Click here to purchase this catalog online

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