Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Work

Pierre - Auguste Renoir painted several paintings, very few being self portraits. There are three main portraits Pierre created of himself. While there are some differences between Renoir's self portraits, there are far more similarities. Like his color palette, his clothes, the style, and his passion. Renoir had an obsession over his brown trench coat and his white hat. He wore it in most of his self portraits. The coat hid his disability and the hat helped to shade his face from the world.
In two of his self portraits, Renoir chose to show himself as a rugged, natural, and middle class, wrinkled man who wears a white hat and a old brown coat. His parents were of the working class; therefore Renoir wished to portray that part of his heritage. He was raised to chase after his dreams and not care what the world thought of him. Renoir believed in all things natural, and as he aged wrinkles and his old coat were nothing but natural. A woman named Julie Manet saw his self portrait in 1899 and said it was a nice painting, but that Renoir made himself look harsh and full of wrinkles.1 She proposed that he take away some wrinkles or at least make them a little less defined. Julie insisted that he bring out his eyes. Renoir's work was considered in fine detail, to be delicate and calligraphic.2
Pierre - Auguste Renoir was the most popular French impressionist painter ever.3 Unfortunately, there has not been any exhibitions about him or his work since the nineteen thirties. Majority of his creations represent the world and its people without any problems or concerns.4 Renoir made the world look as though everything was perfect. That was what brought him his popularity.
Renoir never did any interviews or publications for thirty years, a...

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Works Cited

Abrams Harry, N. Renoir. Art Council of Great Britain. New York. 1985.
H.C.H. A Miniature Panel Portrait. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. 1919.
Pach, Walter. The Library of Great Painters Renoir. Abrams Inc. New York. 1950.
Pach, Walter. Pierre Auguste Renoir. Incorporated. New York. 1983.
Kang, Cindy. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Auguste Renoir. 1841–1919. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/augu/hd_augu.htm. May 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013.
Kleiner Fred, S. Gardner's Art Through The Ages: A Global History. 14th edition. Vol.2.
R.M.R.. The Dreamer. Vol.21, No.1. 1936. St. Louis Art Museum.
Stamberg, Susan. Renoir In The 20th Century: A Master's Last Works. Renoir. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123817616 . February 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.