Renoir began his career painting porcelain but later studied under Charles Gleyre in Paris. He worked with Claude Monet and helped develop Impressionism from 1872 to 1883, capturing snapshots of real life with sparkling color and light. Rather than dark shadows, Renoir used tiny brushstrokes and patches of merging color to depict pretty scenes of women, children, and landscapes in a style meant to be appealing.

1. IMPRESSIONISM
AUGUSTE RENOIR

2. AUGUSTE RENOIR
(1841-1919)
- works as a painter on a
porcelain
- goes to Paris and becomes a
pupil of Charles Gleyre
- works together with Claude
Monet

3. La Grenouillère (1869)

4. Impressionist Period
(1872–1883)
 Painted snapshots of real life
 Used sparkling colour and light
 Believed art should be pretty
 Favored themes of instant appeal
– Lovely women
– Pretty children
– Beautiful scenes

5. The Path Winding Up
Through Tall Grass
Foreground:
-thick, vigorous
comma-like brush
strokes
Middle
distance,
background:
-thin, flat patches
of colours
merging into one
another

6. The Swing
 Human figure is a pert
of a landscape
 Light is created with
large round patches
 Phantasmagoria of
colours
 Criss-crossing brush
strokes

7. Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette

8. The Portrait of Jeanne Samary
 No shadows or
darkness
 Tiny quivering touches

10. Luncheon of the Boating Party

11. ”The pain passes, but
the beauty remains”
A. Renoir