Buste de jeune fille nue
- Year
- Painted circa 1890-1891
- Medium
- Oil
- Size
- 41×31.8cm, 16.14×12.52 inch
- Work code
- 13879
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, often considered alongside Monet to be one of the leaders of the Impressionist movement, was born in 1841 in Limoges, a town in south-central France. The son of a poor tailor, he moved to Paris with his family when he was three years old. At 13 years old, he became a porcelain painter, but lost his job due to the Industrial Revolution, and so began painting.
In 1861, at the age of 20, he entered the studio of Charles Grelle in Paris, where he met Monet, Sisley, and other future members of the Impressionist movement. In 1869, while working outdoors with Monet, he is said to have developed the technique of brushstroke division, in which colors are not mixed on a palette but placed directly as dots on a canvas.
Following his lack of success at the Salon, Renoir, Monet, and other fellow painters organized an exhibition in 1874 that would later be known as the “First Impressionist Exhibition". Renoir participated in the third Impressionist exhibition and the seventh in 1882, but he gradually withdrew from the Impressionist movement. Around this time, he gained a patron, the Charpentier's, and established himself as a successful portrait painter.
In the 1880s, he traveled to Italy and Algeria, where he was greatly influenced by the classical art which he encountered. He began to emphasize in his paintings, strict outlines and quantitative expression. In his the period after 1890, he produced many warm-toned paintings of female nudes, characterized by soft colors and light.
Suffering from rheumatism in his later years, Renoir moved to Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France, where he continued to work energetically while strapping a paintbrush to his immobile right hand. He passed away in 1919.
In 1861, at the age of 20, he entered the studio of Charles Grelle in Paris, where he met Monet, Sisley, and other future members of the Impressionist movement. In 1869, while working outdoors with Monet, he is said to have developed the technique of brushstroke division, in which colors are not mixed on a palette but placed directly as dots on a canvas.
Following his lack of success at the Salon, Renoir, Monet, and other fellow painters organized an exhibition in 1874 that would later be known as the “First Impressionist Exhibition". Renoir participated in the third Impressionist exhibition and the seventh in 1882, but he gradually withdrew from the Impressionist movement. Around this time, he gained a patron, the Charpentier's, and established himself as a successful portrait painter.
In the 1880s, he traveled to Italy and Algeria, where he was greatly influenced by the classical art which he encountered. He began to emphasize in his paintings, strict outlines and quantitative expression. In his the period after 1890, he produced many warm-toned paintings of female nudes, characterized by soft colors and light.
Suffering from rheumatism in his later years, Renoir moved to Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France, where he continued to work energetically while strapping a paintbrush to his immobile right hand. He passed away in 1919.
