IMPRESSIONISMIMPRESSIONISM

AUGUSTE RENOIRAUGUSTE RENOIR

AUGUSTE RENOIRAUGUSTE RENOIR

- works as a painter on a porcelain

- goes to Paris and becomes a pupil of Charles Gleyre

- works together with Claude Monet

(1841-1919)

La Grenouillère (1869)

Impressionist PeriodImpressionist Period(1872–1883)(1872–1883)

Painted snapshots of real lifePainted snapshots of real life Used sparkling colour and lightUsed sparkling colour and light Believed art should be prettyBelieved art should be pretty Favored themes of instant appealFavored themes of instant appeal

– Lovely womenLovely women

– Pretty childrenPretty children

– Beautiful scenesBeautiful scenes

The Path Winding Up The Path Winding Up Through Tall Grass Through Tall Grass

Foreground:

-thick, vigorous comma-like brush strokes

Middle distance, background:

-thin, flat patches of colours merging into one another

The SwingThe Swing

Human figure is a pert Human figure is a pert of a landscapeof a landscape

Light is created with Light is created with large round patcheslarge round patches

Phantasmagoria of Phantasmagoria of colourscolours

Criss-crossing brush Criss-crossing brush strokesstrokes

Dance at Le Moulin de la GaletteDance at Le Moulin de la Galette

The Portrait of Jeanne SamaryThe Portrait of Jeanne Samary

No shadows or No shadows or darknessdarkness

Tiny quivering touchesTiny quivering touches

Luncheon of the Boating PartyLuncheon of the Boating Party

””The pain passes, but The pain passes, but the beauty remainsthe beauty remains””

A. RenoirA. Renoir