Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) is, with Monet, Bazille and Sisley, one of the founding fathers of Impressionism.
Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) is, with Monet, Bazille and Sisley, one of the founding fathers of Impressionism. He met his fellow artists in the studio of the esteemed Charles Gleyre, which they left together, by consensus, to experiment with open-air painting on the banks of the Seine or in the forest of Fontainebleau. Under the influence of Monet, he learned to render the effects of light, a technique that would make him world famous, particularly thanks to the masterpiece Bal du Moulin de la Galette, painted in 1876 and purchased by his friend and patron, Gustave Caillebotte. In a career spanning 60 years, he produced more than 4,000 artworks (more than the works of Manet, Cézanne and Degas combined), always retaining his original and shimmering style.