Renoir: Between Bohemia and Bourgeoisie: The Early Years

Butler a, Peter Kropmanns, Augustin De Butler, Marc Le Coeur, Auguste Renoir,

ISBN 10: 3775732411 / ISBN 13: 9783775732413

Edité par Hatje Cantz Publishers August 2012, 2012

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Alongside Monet, Bazille and Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir laid the foundations of Impressionism in 1860s Paris. But acclaim for his painting was slow in coming, primarily because of the tribulations of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, which put a hiatus on so much artistic activity during the 1860s-70s. As a result, the first two decades of Renoir's career are sometimes ignored, an oversight this superb volume decisively remedies. The artist's most important model during these years was his mistress, Lise Trehot, with whom he was involved from 1865 to 1872. His depictions of Trehot, in classic paintings such as 'Woman in a Garden' and 'En ete' (both 1868), underscore the importance of Manet for the Impressionists in general, but also show Renoir infusing the older artist's somber palette with the warm, burnished glow for which he is beloved today, and exploring the looser handling of the brush so closely associated with the Impressionist movement. This volume also looks at Renoir's 'plein air' landscape paintings and other portraits, such as those of his fellow Impressionists Frederic Bazille and Claude Monet, altogether reproducing 250 works in full color. Revelatory and comprehensive, 'Between Bohemia and Bourgeoisie' is the first extensive examination of the painter's early oeuvre and the importance of his close friendships with Bazille, Manet, Monet and Sisley.

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• Titre: Renoir: Between Bohemia and Bourgeoisie: The Early Years
• Éditeur: Hatje Cantz Publishers August 2012
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3775732411
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783775732413
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art - Artists, A-Z

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The rediscovery of the great Impressionist's early oeuvre.\n\nPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is so closely associated with Impressionist painting that the surprising diversity of his early work is frequently forgotten. His most important model during these early years was the artist's mistress, Lise Tr?hot, with whom he had a relationship between 1865 and 1872. After posing for a large group of prominent early works, including Woman in a Garden and En ?t? (both 1868), Lise turned her back on the Bohemian lifestyle in favor of a bourgeois marriage. The paintings created between 1864 and the end of the following decade show the broad spectrum of Renoir's art and the development of his artistic vocabulary, including the Impressionist phase. This is the first extensive examination of the painter's early oeuvre and the strong influence of his close friendships with other artists, such as ?d0uard Manet, Claude Monet, Fr?d?ric Bazille, and Alfred Sisley. \n\nExhibition schedule: Kunstmuseum Basel, April 1-August 12, 2012