Renoir

Impressions of a sensualist: Painting life’s pleasures

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. Sunbathed, 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 lifet…