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Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 BACK


Chronology

1841 25 February: born in Limoges, sixth child of Leonard Renoir and Marguerite Merlot.

1844 Family moves to Paris.

1856 Becomes apprentice porcelain painter to Levy Freres.

1862 Enters studio of Charles Gleyre and meets Monet, Sisley and Bazille.

1863 Meets Courbet and Pissarro.

1866 Lise Trehot becomes his model and mistress.

1868 Paints La Grenouillere.

1869 Frequents Cafe Guerbois and meets Degas, Manet and Zola.

1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune.

1872 Introduced by Monet to Paul Durand-Ruel.

1874 First Impressionist Exhibition. Paints Box at the Theater and The Dancer.

1875 Meets Victor Choequet and Georges Charpentier.

1876 Second Impressionist Exhibition. Paints The Ball at the Moulin de la Galette and The Swing.

1878 Paints Mme Charpentier and her Children.

1879 Enjoys first critical success at the Salon with Mme Charpentier. Meets his future wife, Aline Charigot.

1881 Begins The Umbrellas.

1881-82 Travels to North Africa and Italy.

1883 First exhibition of paintings in the United States.

1885 Aline gives birth to first son, Pierre.

1887 Paints The Bathers.

1888 First attack of rheumatoid arthritis.

1890 Marries Aline.

1892 Paints Girls at the Piano, which becomes the first purchase of his work by the French state.

1894 Birth of second son, Jean. Death of Gustave Caillebotte; Renoir appointed executor.

1897 Caillebotte bequests partially accepted by French state.

1898 Buys house in Essoyes in South of France.

1900 Appointed Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur.

1901 Birth of third son, Claude ("Coco").

1906 Paints portrait of Misia Natanson.

1907 Buys house, "Les Collettes," in Cagnes and has a special studio built.

1912 Suffers a stroke but recovers.

1914-18 First World War. Sons Pierre and Jean wounded. Aline dies (1915).

1918 Begins Les Grandes Baigneuses.

1919 Made Commander of the Legion d'Honneur. December 3: dies and is buried next to Aline in Essoyes.










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