Bibliograph

Renoir, an intimate biography, Barbara Ehrlich White

Type

Label

Renoir, an intimate biography, Barbara Ehrlich White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-419) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Renoir

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975365898

Responsibility statement

Barbara Ehrlich White

Sub title

an intimate biography

Summary

Renoir became hugely popular despite great obstacles: thirty years of poverty followed by thirty years of progressive paralysis of his fingers. Despite these hardships, much of his work is optimistic, even joyful. Close friends who contributed money, contacts, and companionship enabled him to overcome these challenges to create more than 4,000 paintings. Renoir had intimate relationships with fellow artists (Caillebotte, Cezanne, Monet, and Morisot), with his dealers and with his models . Barbara Ehrlich White's lifetime of research informs this fascinating biography that challenges common misconceptions surrounding Renoir's reputation.Since 1961 White has studied more than 3,000 letters relating to Renoir and gained unique insight into his personality and character. 'Renoir' provides an unparalleled and intimate portrait of this complex artist through images of his own iconic paintings, his own words, and the words of his contemporaries

Table Of Contents

1841-77 -- 1878-84 -- 1885-93 -- 1894-1900 -- 1901-09 -- 1910-15 -- 1915-19

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