Auguste Renoir

Auguste Renoir born February 25, 1841 in Limoges (died December 3, 1919) – French painter and sculptor, co-founder and one of the leading representatives of Impressionism.

Auguste Renoir began his artistic career by decorating porcelain tableware. He focused on portraits of children and women, nudes, and still lifes. During his almost sixty-year career, he painted about six thousand paintings. He never dealt with landscape painting as intensively as other Impressionists. He was also a prolific draftsman, creating rough sketches made using various techniques.