Frammenti di luce e di colore Una finestra sull'Impressionismo

2. Pierre Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 in Limoges. In 1844 his family moved to Paris. He studied at the “École des Be- aux-Arts” with Monet, Sisley and Bazil- le, and he knew Pissarro and Cézanne. He used to go out to paint with Monet, Sisley and Bazille, searching for a more direct approach to the nature. In 1867 he lived with Bazille. In this period he got influences from Courbet and De- lacroix. Afterwards, he began to go to “Café Guerbois”, he knew Manet, he set the principles of impressionism with Mo- net, and his interest in the study of light grew more. In fact, he painted with him in Argenteuil. In 1874, he exposed his paintings at the first impressionist exhi- bition. In this period his subjects began to be less defined: the light seems to cut the shapes into little pieces. His most fa- mous painting of this period is “Bal au moulin de la Galette” (1876). In 1879, he showed “Madame Charpentier and Her Children” at the Salon, but he didn’t par- ticipate at the fourth impressionist exhi- bition. This painting gaves more atten- tion to the sketch and is more studied. 63

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