Pierre-Auguste Renoir

By Adam G. Klein

French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir created portraits, landscapes, and scenes of everyday life and helped found the Impressionist movement with Claude Monet. This biography discusses Renoir's childhood, education, apprenticeship as a porcelain painter, use of color, rejection from and participation in the Salon, exhibitions, clients, travels to Algeria and Italy, family life, and struggles with rheumatism. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Renoir's artwork, including The Swing, Le Pont des Arts, Luncheon of the Boating Party, The Umbrellas, and Young Girls at the Piano.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596797363
• ISBN13: 9781596797369
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6