Interesting facts about Renoir Is a great opportunity to learn more about the great impressionists. First of all, Renoir is known as a master of secular portrait. He worked in different genres, trying to convey his feelings and emotions on canvas.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Renoir.
- Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) - French painter, sculptor, graphic artist and one of the key representatives of impressionism.
- Renoir was the sixth of seven children of his parents.
- As a child, Renoir sang in the church choir. He had such a beautiful voice that the choirmaster insisted that the boy's parents continue to develop his talent.
- An interesting fact is that Renoir's first work was painting porcelain plates. During the day he worked, and in the evenings he studied at the school of painting.
- The young artist worked so successfully that he soon managed to earn a decent amount of money. Renoir bought a house for his family when he was barely 13 years old.
- For a long time, Pierre Renoir visited the same Parisian cafe - "The Nimble Rabbit".
- Did you know that when Renoir was looking for models for himself, he chose women with figures that were far from the ideals of that time?
- Once an impressionist painted a portrait of the famous composer Richard Wagner (see interesting facts about Wagner) in just 35 minutes.
- In the period 1870-1871. Renoir took part in the Franco-Prussian War, which ended in the complete defeat of France.
- During his creative career, Renoir wrote over a thousand canvases.
- Few people know about the fact that Pierre Renoir was not only a talented artist, but also a professional sculptor.
- Renoir donated some of his paintings to the British Queen Victoria. It is worth noting that he did this at her personal request.
- At the age of 56, the artist broke his right arm after an unsuccessful fall from a bicycle. After that, he began to develop rheumatism, which tormented Renoir until the end of his life.
- Being confined to a wheelchair, Renoir did not stop writing with a brush, which the nurse put between his fingers.
- A crater on Mercury is named after Pierre Renoir (see interesting facts about Mercury).
- General recognition came to the impressionist shortly before his death, when he was already 78 years old.
- On the eve of his death, the paralyzed Renoir was brought to the Louvre so that he personally saw his canvas, exhibited in one of the halls.
