Renoir (Colour Library)

Gaunt, William

ISBN 10: 0714832308 / ISBN 13: 9780714832302

Edité par Phaidon Inc Ltd, 1999

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Synopsis :

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.

Présentation de l'éditeur: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (18-11-1919) was one of the founders of Impressionism and a friend of Monet, Pissarro and Sisley. He worked side-by-side with Monet on the banks of the Seine, sharing his concern with light and colour, but landscape painting never displaced his enduring love of figure painting. A natural heir to the delicacy of Boucher, Watteau and Fragonard, delighting in the ample curves of the nudes he painted increasingly frequently in his later wears, Renoir was also a master at capturing the spirit of Parisian life. His art is filled with optimism - his lifelong philosophy was that he painted because it gave him pleasure, and he shares that pleasure with those who see his work. It is almost always summer in his pictures, and in paintings like Moulin de la Galette, The Dance at Bougival and The Lucheon of the Boating Party he gives us an enduring record of his contemporaries relaxing and enjoying their leisure.
In this expanded version of William Gaunt's illuminating essay on Renoir (first published in 1962), Kathleen Adler has added notes to the plates and a wealth of black-and-white comparative illustrations, to make this the perfect introduction to the life and work of an extraordinary artist.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Renoir (Colour Library)
Éditeur : Phaidon Inc Ltd
Date d'édition : 1999
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Very Good