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Delphi Masters of Art #11
Delphi Complete Works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the master Impressionist, produced a stunning oeuvre of oil paintings, celebrated for their inimitable beauty and expression of feminine sensuality. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This stunning volume presents Renoir’s complete paintings, with concise introductions, over 1500 high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* The complete paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir — over 1500 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Renoir’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Many hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you want to view
* Features a bonus biography - discover Renoir's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
AT THE INN OF MOTHER ANTHONY
DIANA
PORTRAIT OF LISE
THE PONT DES ARTS
ALFRED SISLEY AND HIS WIFE
WOMAN OF ALGIERS
CLAUDE MONET READING
SUMMER LANDSCAPE
LA LOGE
NUDE IN THE SUNLIGHT
THE SWING
AT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE
MADAME CHARPENTIER AND HER CHILDREN
THE LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY
TWO SISTERS
THE UMBRELLAS
THE BATHERS, 1884
GABIRELLE WITH A ROSE
THE BATHERS, 1918
The Paintings
THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS
The Biography
AUGUSTE RENOIR AND HIS WORK by Camille Mauclair
* The complete paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir — over 1500 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Renoir’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Many hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you want to view
* Features a bonus biography - discover Renoir's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order
CONTENTS:
The Highlights
AT THE INN OF MOTHER ANTHONY
DIANA
PORTRAIT OF LISE
THE PONT DES ARTS
ALFRED SISLEY AND HIS WIFE
WOMAN OF ALGIERS
CLAUDE MONET READING
SUMMER LANDSCAPE
LA LOGE
NUDE IN THE SUNLIGHT
THE SWING
AT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE
MADAME CHARPENTIER AND HER CHILDREN
THE LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY
TWO SISTERS
THE UMBRELLAS
THE BATHERS, 1884
GABIRELLE WITH A ROSE
THE BATHERS, 1918
The Paintings
THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS
The Biography
AUGUSTE RENOIR AND HIS WORK by Camille Mauclair
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First published January 28, 2015
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November 6, 2019
I just love this cover which has Pierre-Augusta Renoir's Umbrellas, which at first I thought he would be a top favorite but after viewing his works and my favorites are listed below, I could not see him as one. I include some interesting facts given in this book and quote them here as well as more can be found in my highlight section of this book.
When Renoir gave extra details to his paintings I found him quite brilliant but in this book which has a vast collection, many works seem rushed in my opinion, I am no expert in the least. I also found his women he painted almost all looked like Gabrielle and his love of painting her is evident. He loves to do nudes which is fine but not my favorite to see in a painting. He is indeed talented and his love for his children is quite obvious too as he paints them too.
"Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working-class family. As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents soon led to his being chosen to paint designs on fine china. He often painted hangings for overseas missionaries and decorations on fans, which led him to enrol at a local art school. During these early years, he often visited the Louvre to study the French masters of the Rococo, particularly admiring the works of Fragonard and Boucher, which influenced his decoration work. In time, he felt he no longer wished to be a copier of others, but instead to create his own individual works of art. Therefore, he worked hard in his various jobs, saving money he put aside, so that he might join a prestigious art school and become an independent artist in his own right."
"Reportedly, Renoir sat outside a café sketching the work, whilst he commissioned his brother Edmond to wander around talking to strangers, distracting them long enough for Renoir to sketch them in to his picture."
"After a series of rejections by the Salon juries, Renoir joined forces with Monet, Sisley, Pissarro and several other artists to mount the first Impressionist exhibition in April 1874, in which Renoir displayed six paintings. Although the critical response to the exhibition was largely unfavourable, Renoir’s work was comparatively well received. That same year, two of his works were shown with Durand-Ruel in London. The primary purpose of the Impressionist exhibition was not so much to promote a new style, but to free themselves from the constraints of the Salon de Paris. The exhibition was open to anyone prepared to pay 60 francs, providing the artists a rare opportunity to show their work without the interference of a jury."
"When the composition was first unveiled, the depiction of the woman was harshly criticised, with one critic in Le Figaro comparing the depiction of green skin as decaying flesh, misunderstanding the artist’s intention of portraying the reflection of green trees surrounding the nude. Renoir is once again more interested in the perception of seeing, than what is actually seen. The greenish tones of her body, a rich range of hues to indicate the delicate blend of shadow and light, portray the woman in a realistic and, until that time, innovative manner."
"One has to attribute his relative isolation to the violence of the controversies, and particularly to the dignity of a poet gently disdainful of public opinion and paying attention solely to painting, his great and only love. Manet has been a fighter whose works have created scandal. Renoir has neither shown, nor hidden himself: he has painted according to his dream"
"One of Renoir’s most enduring images concerns the Moulin de la Galette, a public dance area, popular with young Parisians, named after the windmill and associated businesses situated in the district of Montmartre. At Le Moulin de la Galette revellers seeking entertainment would also enjoy a glass of wine and bread, made from flour ground by the windmill. Artists such as Renoir, van Gogh, and Pissarro have immortalised Le Moulin de la Galette in their works, though the former’s 1876 painting, Bal du moulin de la Galette, is by far the most famous rendering of the subject."
"In time Renoir became disillusioned with the Impressionist exhibitions and he declined submitting entries to the fourth, opting instead for the more traditional annual Salon. He was now enjoying lucrative commissions from the publisher Georges Charpentier and was rapidly building an impressive reputation as a society portraitist. In 1878 he submitted Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, depicting his wealthy patron’s wife and two children, to the traditional Salon jury, where he won great acclaim. His fellow artist Pissarro was to dryly remark, “I believe Renoir is launched. So much the better; it’s so hard to be poor.” Adopting brisk, impressionistic brushwork, though with more traditional subject handling, Renoir presents Madame Charpentier wearing an elegant Worth gown, seated beside her three-year-old son, Paul, who, following the fashion of the time, is attired like his sister, Georgette, and the children rest beside the family dog. Delighted with the canvas, Madame Charpentier used her influence to ensure that it was hung in a choice spot at the Salon, introducing Renoir to her society friends, several of whom commissioned future portraits from him. All of a sudden he was no longer an avant-garde artist shunned by critics, but the popular portrait painter of the day that everyone wanted to employ. From now on, Renoir would no longer be regarded as an artist working outside of the mainstream. "
My favorites below-
In Summer; or, The Gypsy
At the Moulin de La Galette
Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne
La Grenouillere
Umbrellas
At the Concert
Dance at Moulin de la Galette
The Box
When Renoir gave extra details to his paintings I found him quite brilliant but in this book which has a vast collection, many works seem rushed in my opinion, I am no expert in the least. I also found his women he painted almost all looked like Gabrielle and his love of painting her is evident. He loves to do nudes which is fine but not my favorite to see in a painting. He is indeed talented and his love for his children is quite obvious too as he paints them too.
"Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working-class family. As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents soon led to his being chosen to paint designs on fine china. He often painted hangings for overseas missionaries and decorations on fans, which led him to enrol at a local art school. During these early years, he often visited the Louvre to study the French masters of the Rococo, particularly admiring the works of Fragonard and Boucher, which influenced his decoration work. In time, he felt he no longer wished to be a copier of others, but instead to create his own individual works of art. Therefore, he worked hard in his various jobs, saving money he put aside, so that he might join a prestigious art school and become an independent artist in his own right."
"Reportedly, Renoir sat outside a café sketching the work, whilst he commissioned his brother Edmond to wander around talking to strangers, distracting them long enough for Renoir to sketch them in to his picture."
"After a series of rejections by the Salon juries, Renoir joined forces with Monet, Sisley, Pissarro and several other artists to mount the first Impressionist exhibition in April 1874, in which Renoir displayed six paintings. Although the critical response to the exhibition was largely unfavourable, Renoir’s work was comparatively well received. That same year, two of his works were shown with Durand-Ruel in London. The primary purpose of the Impressionist exhibition was not so much to promote a new style, but to free themselves from the constraints of the Salon de Paris. The exhibition was open to anyone prepared to pay 60 francs, providing the artists a rare opportunity to show their work without the interference of a jury."
"When the composition was first unveiled, the depiction of the woman was harshly criticised, with one critic in Le Figaro comparing the depiction of green skin as decaying flesh, misunderstanding the artist’s intention of portraying the reflection of green trees surrounding the nude. Renoir is once again more interested in the perception of seeing, than what is actually seen. The greenish tones of her body, a rich range of hues to indicate the delicate blend of shadow and light, portray the woman in a realistic and, until that time, innovative manner."
"One has to attribute his relative isolation to the violence of the controversies, and particularly to the dignity of a poet gently disdainful of public opinion and paying attention solely to painting, his great and only love. Manet has been a fighter whose works have created scandal. Renoir has neither shown, nor hidden himself: he has painted according to his dream"
"One of Renoir’s most enduring images concerns the Moulin de la Galette, a public dance area, popular with young Parisians, named after the windmill and associated businesses situated in the district of Montmartre. At Le Moulin de la Galette revellers seeking entertainment would also enjoy a glass of wine and bread, made from flour ground by the windmill. Artists such as Renoir, van Gogh, and Pissarro have immortalised Le Moulin de la Galette in their works, though the former’s 1876 painting, Bal du moulin de la Galette, is by far the most famous rendering of the subject."
"In time Renoir became disillusioned with the Impressionist exhibitions and he declined submitting entries to the fourth, opting instead for the more traditional annual Salon. He was now enjoying lucrative commissions from the publisher Georges Charpentier and was rapidly building an impressive reputation as a society portraitist. In 1878 he submitted Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, depicting his wealthy patron’s wife and two children, to the traditional Salon jury, where he won great acclaim. His fellow artist Pissarro was to dryly remark, “I believe Renoir is launched. So much the better; it’s so hard to be poor.” Adopting brisk, impressionistic brushwork, though with more traditional subject handling, Renoir presents Madame Charpentier wearing an elegant Worth gown, seated beside her three-year-old son, Paul, who, following the fashion of the time, is attired like his sister, Georgette, and the children rest beside the family dog. Delighted with the canvas, Madame Charpentier used her influence to ensure that it was hung in a choice spot at the Salon, introducing Renoir to her society friends, several of whom commissioned future portraits from him. All of a sudden he was no longer an avant-garde artist shunned by critics, but the popular portrait painter of the day that everyone wanted to employ. From now on, Renoir would no longer be regarded as an artist working outside of the mainstream. "
My favorites below-
In Summer; or, The Gypsy
At the Moulin de La Galette
Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne
La Grenouillere
Umbrellas
At the Concert
Dance at Moulin de la Galette
The Box
February 20, 2018
All his paintings and explication, for$2.99!!!
December 28, 2019
I never quite understood the appeal of Renoir. Bad brushwork, ugly faces of privileged bourgeois, naive and somewhat chauvinistic approach to woman, and awful coloring with lazy rendering. Even for Impressionism, that’s too bad.
His huge amount of painting though, described in this book, is actually admirable. Seems like only an obsessive painter drinking oil paints for breakfast can produce this amount of work. Once every couple of hundred painting I even encountered paintings which were very good, so this lack of consistency in quality is really puzzling because it seems like he knew how to paint better but simply chose not to.
His huge amount of painting though, described in this book, is actually admirable. Seems like only an obsessive painter drinking oil paints for breakfast can produce this amount of work. Once every couple of hundred painting I even encountered paintings which were very good, so this lack of consistency in quality is really puzzling because it seems like he knew how to paint better but simply chose not to.
May 31, 2019
Lovely man amazing paintings!
The complete collection of the amazing man & artist Pierre Auguste Renoir just how many & how wonderful these paintings are I never knew until now! Another artist who was never properly acknowledged until later in life, just how much those people missed is beyond comprehension!
The complete collection of the amazing man & artist Pierre Auguste Renoir just how many & how wonderful these paintings are I never knew until now! Another artist who was never properly acknowledged until later in life, just how much those people missed is beyond comprehension!
February 23, 2023
Such beautiful works of art
I found this collection to be sublimely beautiful. I feel that Renoir's work is quiet and somewhat understated yet profoundly beautiful at the same time
I found this collection to be sublimely beautiful. I feel that Renoir's work is quiet and somewhat understated yet profoundly beautiful at the same time
October 21, 2019
Something is missing in the essay at the end.
Nice to have all the paintings in one reference book However, a paragraph or paragraphs at the end. Still a good bargain.
Nice to have all the paintings in one reference book However, a paragraph or paragraphs at the end. Still a good bargain.
July 2, 2021
Masterpiece!
June 23, 2025
Je suit tombée en amour par les peintures de Renoir. Les chois des sujets et des couleurs sont merveilleuses.
November 13, 2018
For someone who knew nothing about it, the book was and is useful. I will keep it in my smartphone for consultation.
It has, it seems, all paitings, or at least almost all of the Renoir. Huge collection.
It has, it seems, all paitings, or at least almost all of the Renoir. Huge collection.
January 27, 2017
I haven't seen a more complete collection of works
This book had something like 900+ images/paintings which was wonderful, but I would liked information on techniques used oil, watercolor, pastel, etc as I am not an expert on these things.
This book had something like 900+ images/paintings which was wonderful, but I would liked information on techniques used oil, watercolor, pastel, etc as I am not an expert on these things.
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