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Ren·oir

(rən-wär′), Jean 1894-1979.

French filmmaker who won acclaim for the artistry of films such as Grand Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game (1939).

Renoir

, Pierre Auguste 1841-1919.

French impressionist painter whose warm, luminous works include Child with Watering Can (1876) and Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881).

Renoir

(ˈrɛnwɑː; French rənwar)

1. (Biography) Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1894–1979, French film director: his films include La grande illusion (1937), La règle du jeu (1939), and Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)

2. (Biography) his father, Pierre Auguste (pjɛr oɡyst). 1841–1919, French painter. One of the initiators of impressionism, he broke away from the movement with his later paintings, esp his many nude studies, which are more formal compositions

Re•noir

(ˈrɛn wɑr, rɛnˈwɑr)

n.

1. Jean (zhä n), 1894–1979, French film director.

2. his father, Pierre Auguste, 1841–1919, French painter.

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Renoir - French impressionist painter (1841-1919)

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They talked of the places they had been to in the summer, of studios, of the various schools; they mentioned names which were unfamiliar to Philip, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas.

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Students were required to search for a Renoir image that they could crop into a portrait or landscape 8.5" x 11" format.

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With a selection of Jean Renoir's film clips, unpublished notebooks and ceramics from the Barnes' extensive collection, displayed alongside paintings by Pierre-Auguste, this exhibition examines the influence of father upon son.

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She was soon posing for Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, an eminent painter of murals, and by 17 she was a favoured model and the mistress of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. She appears in two of his most famous canvases, 'Dance in the City' and 'Dance at Bougival'.

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