Portrait d auguste renoir ses oeuvres impressionnistes

Auguste Renoir, an impressionist portraitist: Auguste Renoir is one of the most famous Impressionists. But most of all was he a portraitist.

Luncheon of the boating party

In most portraits of Renoir the model comes out distinctly from the background. In his early portraits he still used the traditional tones of black, brown and grey. In his later portraits the backgrounds are more colourful. In these portraits Renoir used small, vivid brushstrokes which give the portrait a vibrant glow. And look at the palet of colours he uses for the hair of the models; what a master!

In total he showed 75 art-works of which 74 were oil paintings , the 5th largest amount. He probably showed just 1 pastel. See link for an account of the exhibited paintings references, translations, info, discussion, locations on Google-maps. In the beginning Renoir was an active member of the impressionist art movement. Sometimes Monet mentions in his letters Renoir as being actively involved.