French Impressionist Painter Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France, in 1841. His father was a tailor. At the age of four, the Renoir family settled in Paris. At the age of 13, he studied porcelain painting. He contributed to the family budget with his works on this subject.
He studied painting from Swiss painter Charles Gleyre between 1861 and 1864. During this time, he met and worked with Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Frederic Bazille. Meanwhile, she sang in the choir conducted by the composer Gomod in Paris. He also wanted to study music. He participated in the Paris Salon exhibition in 1864 with a painting for the first time. The freshness and naturalness of his paintings attracted the attention of critics.
In 1870, Pierre Auguste Renoir became the leader of the Impressionist movement. Unlike other impressionists, the artist cared about the Paris Salon exhibitions and worked hard to attend. He took part in the 1874 and 1876 exhibitions. During this time, he also improved his financial situation with the support of the gallerist Paul Durand Ruel and Pere Martin. However, the real breakthrough came when he got to know Victor Chocquet and Georges Charpentier. He continued his intense work pace with the orders he received.
However, after a while, his work began to not satisfy him. In 1880, he left his workshop in the neighborhood where artists gathered in Paris and moved to the suburbs with his family. In 1881 he went to Algeria and then to Italy. He toured Venice, Rome, Florence and Pompeii. The following year he met Wagner in Palermo. He made one of the most beautiful portraits of the famous composer. He refused to attend the eighth and final exhibition of the Impressionists in 1887. In turn, he exhibited his paintings independently in New York, Brussels and Paris.
After 1894, the health of the great artist began to deteriorate. Adele had rheumatism. Doctors had advised Renoir to live in the Midi region of France. The artist settled in the village of Cagnes, near Nice, in 1899, and lived there for more than twenty years. He was sitting on an old bed in a house in the south of France. In front of him was a painter's tripod. A nurse stuck a brush in her trembling hand. He brought the brush close to his palette with difficulty. Then he began to paint with confident brushstrokes. This is how Renoir worked in his last years. However, his paintings were just as beautiful as they had been in his youth.
After a special exhibition he opened in Durand - Ruel in 1900, the artist was awarded the Legion D'Honeur. He died in Cagnes on 3 December 1919.