ISBN: 9783836531092
La belle vie: Impressionism s most joyful paintingsPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is universally acclaimed and celebrated: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it s a landscape, he said, or pass my hand over breast or back if it s a woman. Renoir s entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women again and again he painted these faunesses with their pouting lips (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminine beauty and sensuality. A prolific painter he made several thousand works in his lifetime he is perhaps the most beloved of the Impressionists.About the series: Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions"
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Date of Publication: 15/07/2016