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Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman." Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity. ... Read more

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Marvilleux Renoir!
Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) represented by far, one the lofty painters of the second half of the XIX Century. His enslaving talent allowed to make a true sweep through the most diverse tendencies. His visible influences received from Courbet, Van Gogh and Delacroix, did not leave on him, a perennial trace. The presence of Cézanne and Monet irrupted strongly in the necessity of rejecting the conservative patterns and raid in new stylistic proposals. He was not only a notable Realist artist but also crossed the Impressionist threshold, in an untiring process of self renovation and ferventconveyance.

"Nowadays there is a tendency to explain everything. But if I could explainpainting, it would not an artwork. Must I tell you what qualities constitute to my judge, the true art? It must be indescribable and inimitable...The artwork must captive the watcher, bundle him, drag him. Through it, the artist communicates his passion; it is the current that emits and through includes the watcher in itself:"Renoir.

Admirable and compelling biography that it will catch you from the first page.

Geniuses' full color reproductions.
I'm in love with The Impressionists in general and with Auguste Renoir in particular.
His palette is full of light; soft pink, greens and blues are a joy to watch time and again. As most Impressionists Renoir paint wonderful every day scenes, mainly outside as his magnificent: "The Luncheon of the Boating Party" (1881), "The Swing" (1876) and "Le Moulin de la Galette" (1876), whose careful reproductions are shown here.
He was an artist that loved life and wanted to reflect it as he perceived: full of little moments of simple joy and relax.
He was also a masterful portrayer as you may see from his "On the Terrace" (1881) in the cover of this book or "Two Girls in Black" (1881).
Another subject that attracted his fancy was the dancing couple, which he depicts with tenderness and accuracy. It doesn't matter if the dancers are from the high class as in "City Dance" or commoners as in "Dance at Bougival" both from 1883.
At the end of his life his paintings evolve and produce for our delight: "Seated Bather" (1914) and "The Nymphs" (1918).
His life and works are described and commented by the author with keen penetration and endearment.
Reproductions are awesome and do justice to the Artist.
Do not miss this book!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

A Joy For Any Home!
WOW!What a collection in this book!

For any Renoir lover, student, artist, teacher or simply someone who wants to see a fantastic collection by one artist in one book.

Unsurpassed as a coffee-table conversation piece.

"A Dream of Harmony"! ... Read more

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Examines the life and work of this French impressionist painter and sculptor whose work reflects his joy in life. ... Read more

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too small
The Dover Fine Art Stickers books are very small: about 6"x4", containing 4 pages of 4 stickers each. The stickers are okay in appearance, but are small, each less than 3"x2", and when peeled away from their backing sheet do not have a great deal of adhesive power.

Pierre Auguste Renoir Stickers
Brilliant colors of Renoir's works on great sized stickers.Great for letters, scrapbooking or other forms of art.You won't be sorry if you get these as part of an art collection or just to share with others. ... Read more

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As described
Good quality reproductions on heavy stock.Not the paintings I'd have chosen but that is a matter of taste.shipped within published time parameter.

You should collect them all.
One of a series from Dover that includes Cassatt, Dali, Degas, Gauguin, Homer, Kahlo...you get the idea. Ridiculously inexpensive, you should collect them all. Once you have them, you'll resist ripping them out of thecute little booklet & mailing them. Maybe, like me, you'll keep them ina drawer by your computer as handy fine art stress relievers.

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A brief biography of the artist accompanies color reproductions and analyses of fifteen of his works. ... Read more

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Young readers will obtain a light-hearted, yet realistic overview of Renoir''s life and see how his style changed over the years. This introductory text includes full colour pictures of Renoir''s paintings.' ... Read more

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A terrific series
I bought all of the books in this series for our homeschool art curriculum.They are easy to read and a fun supplement that can lead to a nice trip to the Smithsonian Gallery of Art.

a fine account of Renois's life
It was sort of a monograph about Renoir's life and was beneficial to my work

Great teaching tool!
This is a great book for teachers introducing artists to their students and anyone trying to understand impressionism.

The text (Renoir's life, his friends - like Monet and Sisley, & the Impressionist movement) is well done, and paired with pictures of Renoir's work.

Cartoons and word bubbles are thrown in for good measure, and the whole piece works well together to educate art neophytes like myself and the elementary-aged students with whom I work.

This is a well-done book for the sake of education and keeping art alive.Mike Venezia's work is thorough and well done.

Disappointing. Very short. very few pictures.
Very diappointed. I got a nice Kandinsky book, hardback, with about 40 prints. This book was $7.00 and had very little material. Worth about $.50.

Fine, simple book
Using simple language book covers Renoir's life & painting career with surprising alacrity & detail.Good prints.Shipped as promised & in excellent shape. ... Read more

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The Art for Young People Series is a wonderful way forchildren to get to know the people behind the paintings. Throughcolorful narrative, pictures, maps, photos, and more, kids willdiscover that art is an exciting and interesting way to explore theworld.

Pierre Auguste Renoir was celebrated for his lively, joyful styledepicted in scenes like Parisian parties and picnics on ariverbank. Laugh with Renoir and his friends after a festive lunch, inLuncheon of the Boating Party, and spin around with Pierre'sbrother, in Dance at Bougival. Roam the countryside thanks to anew invention of the time--the portable easel.See the Frenchmountains near L'Estaque through the eyes of the artist and hiscontemporary Paul Cezanne, as they sat side by side rendering thelandscape before them in their own unique styles. Kids will become apart of Renoir's world, learning both about his art and the man whocreated it. ... Read more

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Bound in glossy white pictorial paper wraps, with a front flap and two staples in the spine. Illustrated with 9 full-page, full-color, tipped-in reproductions (plus the illustration mounted on the front wrap), as well as a couple of in-text black-and-white reproductions. ... Read more