Feist Peter H. - Renoir - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement Pierre - Auguste Renoir (1841 1919) remains a towering figure in art history with enduring public appeal. Sun - kissed charming and sensual his work shows painting at its most lighthearted and luminous while championing the plein air and color innovations of his time. Renoir's oeuvre was prolific with some several thousand works in his lifetime. Much influenced by forerunners such as Courbet Degas Manet Delacroix he worked with contemporary peers such as Monet to explore fresh uses of color and brushwork rendering texture and depth with different - hued daubs. Drawn to intimate and tender human scenes his subjects include lovers mothers and numerous nudes. As his career progressed Renoir investigated different styles and techniques shifting away from the feathery Impressionist touch to a more robust classical corporeality sometimes called his Ingres period and later to monumental pieces such as The Bathers. From the abundant output of his lengthy career this essential artist introduction selects key Renoir works to explore his innovations in the art of painting as much as his traditions in pursuit of beauty harmony and the female form.
Title: Renoir
Author(s): Feist Peter H.
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836531092
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 7/29/2016
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs