Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony
Peter H. Feist
ISBN: | 9783822800652 |
Publisher: | Parkwest Pubns |
Published: | 1 October, 1987 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony
Peter H. Feist
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman." Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity.
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