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Monet, Claude
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Fantin-Latour, Henri
Bonnard, Pierre
Gauguin, Paul
Vuillard, Edouard
Martin, Henri
Redon, Odilon
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Sargent, John Singer
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Tarbell, Edward
Vonnoh, Robert
Reid, Robert
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Beaux, Cecilia
Potthast, Edward
Chadwick, William
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Maley, Alan
Ruby, Claire
Terelak, John C
Wallis, Kent
Schofield, Michael
Plisson, Henri
Romanello, Diane
Singley, Greg
Title, Christian
Horning, Elizabeth
Hatfield, Don
Aspevig, Clyde
Afsary, Cyrus
Hayslette, Max
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Dunlay, Thomas
Ellis, Ray
Gertenbach, Lynn
Zhan, Charles
Duncan, Robert
Hails, Barbara
Wood, Barbara
Behrens, Howard
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
24 in. x 18 in.
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Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French Impressionist -
Born in Limoges, France on February 25, 1841

. Renoir began painting as a child in a porcelain factory in Paris . He painted designs on china going on to copy paintings on lampshades and fans. Renoir went on to study painting in 1862-53 under Charles Gabriel Gleyre in Paris, France. Renoir became friends Monet and admired th Monet's paining effects of light . In 1874 Renoir joined the new impressionist painters in their the first exhibition. In 1883 Renoir held a solo exhibit at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. He was as interested in painting the human figure as he was the landscape and still lifes of flower and fruit. Many of hismost famous paintings show the interactions of people in their daily lives. Among these are the famous "Luncheon of the Boating Party", " Les Deux Soeurs", "The Swing", "Woman with Fan", and "Dance at Bougival". Pierre Auguste Renoir saw beauty in the subjects he painted whether the nude female form, pretty landscapes, still lifes or pretty children. He wanted to portray the beautiful side of life - remarking their were enough unpleasant things as it was. Renoir became crippled with rheumatism in last years yet continued to paint until his death in 1919.