Renoir, Monet, Sisley, and Bazille however broke with that tradition and went to the forest of Fontainebleau to paint in 1864.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841. He started working as a painter in a porcelain factory when he was 13 years old. He went to evening courses at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1862 and took lessons at Charles Gleyre’s studio. There, he met Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille. During that time, painters would create their works inside a studio. Renoir, Monet, Sisley, and Bazille however broke with that tradition and went to the forest of Fontainebleau to paint in 1864.