One of the most famous painters in history is the Frenchman Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who left a descendant a great number of talentedly painted canvases. The original view of art made him almost an icon of the whole flow of impressionism. Currently, works by Renoir are exhibited for all to see in a variety of art galleries around the world.
The future artist had six brothers and sisters. As a child, young Renoir sang well in the church choir, and his parents were convinced that it was necessary to further develop this his talent. However, he himself eventually preferred painting. The first work of the future painter was the coloring of porcelain vessels. During the day he worked, and in the evening he attended art school. He worked so quickly and so efficiently that he soon managed to save enough money to buy a house for his family. Then he was only thirteen years old. Distinguished by some conservatism in his habits, Renoir visited the same Parisian cafe for years – the Agile Rabbit.
While painting women, he selected models that did not correspond to the ideals of beauty of those days — strong, plump and chubby. Peru Renoir owned a portrait of the famous composer Richard Wagner, spending only 35 minutes. Over the course of his life, he painted over a thousand paintings. A curious and little-known fact: Renoir was not only a brilliant artist, but also a talented sculptor. Renoir presented several of his canvases to the English Queen Victoria. However, he did it at her personal request.
The artist had three children. Perhaps four – some historians believe that he had another bastard son from a girl he met in his youth. The turning point in the life of Pierre-Auguste Renoir was the moment when he seriously broke his arm during a bicycle ride. Because of this injury, he began to progress rheumatism. Moving in a wheelchair, he continued to create, tying his wrist to the naughty hand. Loud fame came to Renoir only a few years before his death at the age of 79. A few months before his death, the itinerary, already completely paralyzed, was taken to the Louvre in Paris to see with his own eyes his picture exhibited in one of its halls.
