PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
 Renoir "La Danse a la Campagne"Pierre Auguste Renoir "La Danse a la Campagne, 2nd plate"
Delteil 2, Stella 2
Soft-ground etching in black ink, c. 1890
Only State on smooth wove paper
Image Size: 5 3/8" x 5 1/3"
Fine rich and tonal impression
REF. #1207
$45,000 |  Renoir "L'enfant au Biscuit"Pierre Auguste Renoir "L'Enfant au Biscuit"
Delteil 31, Stella 31
Lithograph in black ink, c. 1898-99
Printed on Ingres D'Arches laid paper with watermark "MBM (France)"
From the edition of 100 plus some trial proofs
Image Size: 12 5/8" x 10 1/2"
Rich dark tonal impression
REF. #1225
$45,000 |  Renoir "Femme nue Couchee"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme Nue Couchée (tournée a droite) 2nd plate"
Delteil 14, Stella 14
Original soft-ground etching in brownish-black ink, c. 1909
Only state as published in Die Impressionisten, Duret, Berlin, B. Cassirer
Image Size: 5 1/2" x 7 7/8"
Fine strong and fresh impression on pale cream laid Hollande paper
REF. #1313
$11,500 |
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 Renoir "Femme Nue Assise"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme Nue Assise"
Delteil 12, Stella 12
Soft-ground etching, c. 1906
Only state as published in Theodore Duret Impressionisten
Image Size: 7 3/8" x 5 5/8"
Strong rich impression on Holland paper
$6,750 |  Renoir "Jeune Fille en Buste"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Jeune Fille en Buste et Etudes de Têtes (ou Gabrielle)"
Delteil 58, Stella 58
Lithograph (black and grey), date unknown c. 1885
Only State, From the edition of some 100 impressions
Signature on the stone "R" lower right
Image Size: 10 5/8" x 8 1/3"
Very fine and strong tonal impression
REF. #1080
$9,500 |  Renoir "Femme au cep de vigne"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme au cep de vigne, 2nd variante"
Delteil 46, Stella 46
Original lithograph in black ink, 1904-1905
Second state from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed in stone lower left
Image Size: 4 1/2" x 3 1/3"
Fine strong impression with rich tone
$6,750 |
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 Renoir "Une Mere et Enfant"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Une Mere et Enfant (Jean Renoir)"
Delteil 10, Stella 10
Drypoint in color, 1896
Proof aside from the numbered edition of 100 impressions
Published in "L'Album des pointers-graveurs"; Ambroise Vollard
Signature on the stone "Renoir"
Image Size: 10" x 7 3/4"
Very fine impression of laid paper |  Renoir "Femme au cep de Vigne"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme au cep de Vigne 4th Variante"
Deltiel 48, Stella 48
Original lithograph in black ink, 1904-1905
Only State from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed in the stone lower left
Image Size: 5 1/4" x 4"
Fine strong impression with rich tone
$6,750 |  Renoir Le Petit Garcon au port plumePierre Auguste Renoir "Claude Renoir, tourne a gauche"
Delteil 55, Stella 55
Original lithograph in black ink, c. 1902-03
From the edition of 50 known impressions
Drawn on special transfer paper by Renoir from life at his own studio
Clot, Paris c. 1904
Image Size: 11 3/4" x 15 3/4"
Rare
REF. #1533
$45,000 |
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 Renoir "Etude de Femme Nue"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Etude de Femme nue, Assise Variante"
Delteil 43, Stella 43
Original chalk lithograph in black ink, 1904
Second state, from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed with signature "Renoir" lower right corner in the stone
Image Size: 6 3/8" x 6 1/3"
Excellent impression with strong tone
$7,500 |  Renoir "Femme au Cep de Vigne"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme au cap de vigne, 3rd virante"
Delteil 47, Stella 47
Original chalk lithograph in black ink, c. 1904 - 05 Second state, from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed in the stone lower left
Image Size: 6 1/2" x 4"
Fine strong impression with rich tone
REF. #1464
$6,750 |  Renoir Baigneuse Debout a Mi-JambesPierre Auguste Renoir "Claude Renoir, tourne a gauche"
Delteil 23, Stella 23
Etching in black ink on laid paper, c. 1910
Only State
As published in Theodore Duret's "Historie des Peintres Impressionistes, 1919
H. Floury, Paris
Image Size: 6 5/8" X 4 3/8"
REF. #1473
$6,750 |
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 Renoir "Buste D'Enfant"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Buste D'Enfant, tourne a droite"
Delteil 22, Stella 22
Original soft-ground etching in black ink, c. 1908
Only State
as published in Theodore Duret, "Die Impressionisten"
Berlin, B. Cassirer, 1914
Image Size: 5 3/8" x 3 3/4"
Very fine rich impression
REF. #1059
$4,500 |  Renoir "Maternite Grand Planche"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Maternite, Grand Planche"
Delteil 40, Stella 40
Lithograph (black and grey), 1912
First state, from the edition of some 200 impressions
Signature on the stone "Renoir" lower right
Image Size: 21 1/4" x 19"
Fine tonal impression on laid paper
REF. #1543
$39,500 |  Renoir "Femme Nue Couchee"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme Nue Couchée (tournée a droite) 2nd plate"
Delteil 14, Stella 14
Etching, c. 1906
Only state, restrike
Edition size unknown
Image Size: 5 1/2" x 7 7/8"
$1,295 |
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 Renoir Claude Renoir la Tete BaiseePierre Auguste Renoir "Claude Renoir - La Tete Baissee"
Delteil 39, Stella 39
Original chalk and brush lithograph in black ink, c. 1904
Only state, from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed in the stone lower right
Fine strong impression with rich tone
REF. #1771
$11,500 |  Renoir "Femme au cep de vigne"Pierre Auguste Renoir "Femme au cap de vigne, 1st virante"
Delteil 45, Stella 45
Original chalk lithograph in black ink, c. 1904 - 05 Second state, from the edition of 950 on vellum paper
Signed in the stone lower left
Image Size: 6 7/8" x 4 5/8"
Fine strong impression with rich tone
REF. #1579
$6,750 |
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Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France, on February 25, 1841, the sixth of Leonard Renoir and Marguerite Merlet's seven children. His father was a tailor and his mother was a dressmaker. His family moved to Paris in 1844. Showing a remarkable talent for drawing, Renoir became an apprentice in a porcelain factory where he painted designs on fine china. Later, after the factory had closed, he worked for his older brother, decorating fans, blinds and signs. Throughout these early years Renoir made frequent visits to the Louvre where he studied and developed a deep respect for the art of 18th Century French Rococo Masters.
In 1862 Renoir began to study painting seriously and entered the studio of the painter Charles Gleyre, where he met other artists such as Claude Monet. The 1860s were difficult years for Renoir. At times he was too poor to buy paints or canvas, and the national Salons of 1866 and 1867 rejected his artworks. The following year the Salon accepted his portrait of his girlfriend, Lise Trehot. Renoir continued to develop his work and to study the paintings of other artists of the day such as Manet and Courbet.
A revolution was beginning in French painting during the 1860s. A group of young painters began to rebel against the traditions of Western painting which was steeped in Realism. These artists began to paint outdoors, using nature as their inspiration, in an attempt to capture the nuances of light and atmosphere with quick bold strokes of color. As a result, their works revealed a look of freshness that rapidly departed from the style of the Old Masters. These new works were initially shunned by the public and art critics who considered them unfinished, underdeveloped and mere 'impressions' of subjects. The critic's insult stuck and Impressionism was born. The group, which included Renoir, Monet, Sisley, Cassatt, Degas and others, were unable to gain acceptance into the official Salons and eventually created their own series of exhibitions called the Salon des Refuses.
Although the Impressionist exhibitions were the targets of much public scorn, Renoir's popularity gradually increased and in time, he was backed by loyal art dealers and devoted collectors. His works depicted men and women together in casual social settings, vibrant intimate portraits, voluptuous nudes and lush landscapes full of emotion. In 1890, at the age of 49, Renoir made his first etching La Danse a la Compagne, based on his 1883 painting, which featured his brother Edmond and painter Suzanne Valadon. Renoir would eventually create approximately 55 different etchings and lithographs in his recognizable style.
In 1890 Renoir married Aline Charigot, his companion of almost ten years. They would have three sons in all. The artist quickly incorporated his family and relatives into his later works. It was during these later years that Renoir further developed his unique style—a blend of Classicism and Impressionism which featured radiant nude bathers and tender familial scenes.
Renoir's health declined severely in his later years. In 1903 he suffered his first attack of arthritis and settled for the warmer climes at Cagnes-sur-Mer, in the South of France. The arthritis made painting painful, yet he continued to work, at times with a brush inserted between his crippled fingers. Pierre-Auguste Renoir died at Cagnes-sur-Mer on December 3, 1919, but not before experiencing a major artistic triumph: the State had purchased his 1877 portrait Madame Georges Charpentier and he traveled to Paris in August to see it hanging in the Louvre.