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Carving Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween.
Explicit photographs help explain how to carve a pumpkin at pumpkin carving.
For lots of free patterns view the sites Jack-O-Lantern and Count Pum Q. La's.
And, if that special person must have a Harry Potter pumpkin, then visit Gusick's site for a pattern.
Ever wondered how ants and bees walk on smooth surfaces or on ceilings? Robotic specialists are interested in the latest findings, too. For an explanation, check out Science Daily.
Mountain Men & the Fur Trade,
1800-1850. Interesting website maintained by a member of The American Mountain Men. Has ship supply records, mountain men photos, etc. Internet sources and links.
Phonograph, Electric Railroad & Light Bulb - inventions of Edison. Website has archeological survey as well. Presented by Menlo Park, NJ.
Association for Preservation of Virginia's Antiquities, Jamestown's website with the latest findings on America's earliest settlement.
Cuneiform Translator...One of our customers told us about an interesting link at the University of Pennsylvania's website. Visitors can read about the history of cuneiform translate their own name online. Very fun!
For more fun, look into doodles and works in progress at Potatoland (requires Shockwave plugin).
For innovative animated arts made with Macromedia Shockwave...visit Noodlebox.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 30+ pages of excellent coverage on Jackson Pollock, including biographical material and images of him at work on his drip-paintings.
Researching the arts...For teachers that may need your assistance in researching topics in the arts, an excellent list of Arts Education Links exists on the server of Library Science Program at James Madison University
American Art..."Calendar of Exhibitions" is the internet's most comprehensive listing of current, upcoming and past exhibitions of American representational art at non-profit institutions.
Wondering about ongoing archeological digs in the Mediterranean... visit the Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Home Page
For information on Dutch and Flemish museum collections...visit http://www.codart.nl. This site has more than 400 links to museum sites. You will also find an international exhibition calendar for Dutch and Flemish art.
Looking for an Art Grant...Visit ArtDeadline.Com searchable database that lists local and national juried artist competitions, grants, call for entries, writing contests, residencies, casting calls, ' more.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) brings recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by educating the public concerning their accomplishments.
Need some new resources? You will find definitions of more than 3,300 terms here, along with thousands of images, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links. For a very comprehensive resource of art terminology visit ArtLex.
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Recommended Sites related to Renoir
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Olga's Gallery - excellent biography plus 200+ images.
Both, CGFA and Web Museum, Paris has biographies and 75+ images.
The Art Gallery - excellent biography.
Two different critical reviews of "Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age" 1997-8 at Christian Science Monitor and Slate at MSN.
The Phillips Museum - excellent review of Renoir’s painting "Luncheon of the Boat Party."
ARTICLE REFERENCES:
Joannides, Paul, RENOIR, Life and Works, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2000.
Belloli, Andrea P.A., A Day in the Country, Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Harry N. Abrams, 1984-5.
Courthion, Pierre, Trans. by John Shepley, IMPRESSIONISM, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1977.
Renoir, Jean, Trans. by Richard & Dorothy Weaver, Renoir, My Father, Little, Brown & Co., 1962.
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Pierre Auguste Renoir was talkative, impulsive and loyal to his family and friends. He loved to paint women (clothed or nude) and changed his painting styles several times as he aged. Renoir and Claude Monet were the primary originators of Impressionism and are credited with the ‘First’ Impressionistic Paintings in 1869. They painted together often and their early work is indistinguishable from each other’s. Soon, Renoir became uncomfortable as an Impressionist rebel and began painting in a more structured style, known as his "Dry Period." His series of "Dancing" paintings were completed during this period.
As told to art dealer, Ambrose Vollard: "Towards 1883, I reached a crisis point in my work; I had followed Impressionism to its logical conclusion, and having done so I decided I could neither paint nor draw. In a word, I was stuck." …… Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Dance at Bougival represents a very informal setting at the weekend resort of Bougival.
The man is holding his partner ‘very’ tightly as an expression of his amorous intentions. She looks downwards coyly as she contemplates her partner’s intentions. The grouping behind the dancers is comprised of patrons from several economic levels including artisans.
DANCE AT BOUGIVAL 1882-3
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| Dance in the Country suggests a bourgeoisie couple having just finished with dinner.
They are starting to leave when the man spontaneously whirls his partner during a moment of joy, which she enjoys immensely. In one of her gloved hands, is an open fan and behind the pair are patrons quietly eating or talking.
DANCE IN THE COUNTRY 1882-3
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Dance in the City portrays a more sophisticated couple having just executed a very fast dance movement.
The tails of his formal tuxedo are still in motion and she conveys refined elegance in her gorgeous satin dress.
Their grace and elegance continues to inspire collectors everyone...as this is one of the most popular artworks collected around the world in reproductions (see below adaptations).
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| Renoir had many artist friends who respected him for his abilities and his work. Monet in particular was a close friend with whom he often painted landscapes. At right, Renoir painted Monet with an Impressionistic flair and a dignified pose...notice that he holds a brush and painter's palette in his hands
Later artists too, such as Picasso and sculptor Aristide Maillot, were inspired by Renoir's talents.
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During his lifetime, Renoir painted a variety of scenes from his era including Impressionistic landscapes, still-lifes, flower arrangements, primarily women & children as individual or group portraits, and female nude bathers.
His painting styles evolved from: copying Old Master Paintings onto pottery as a young apprentice; to ‘dappled’ light and forms merging in Impressionism; then to more definition of forms in structured styles; and finally, into looser brushstrokes of Impressionism with the Classical theme of nudes. His color palette evolved also - ending with his large, late bathers' paintings which have lots of red and a touch of black for tone (Impressionists had eliminated black from their palettes).
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Claude Playing 1905
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Girl in Straw Hat 1884
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Peaches & Almonds 1901
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The Seine 1880
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Reclining Woman 1909
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He also acknowledged his debt to the Old Masters in a quotation about the importance of a museum. From his visits to museums, Renoir acquired an interest in classical and mythological themes.
"It is in the museum that one must learn to paint. One must make the paintings of one’s own time, but it is there in the museum that one develops the taste for painting, which nature alone cannot provide." …… Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
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Mousepad of
Moulin de la Galette
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Today, Renoir is best known for his Impressionist masterpieces – Ball at the La Moulin de la Galette and The Luncheon of the Boating Party, but is also appreciated for his diverse subject matters– pretty children, portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and especially for his lovely women and nudes.
`Why shouldn't art be pretty?' `There are enough unpleasant things in the world.' …… Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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- 1841 - Born February 25th at Limoges, France to Léonard (tailor) & Marguerite Merlet (seamstress).
- 1844 – Renoir’s family moved to Paris.
- 1854 - Declined musical education including a Paris Opera chorus position & accepted position as apprentice porcelain painter. Nicknamed Mr. Rubens, painted Marie-Antoinette’s profile on porcelain cups & famous paintings on fans, lamp shades & window shades.
- 1858 – New application techniques made porcelain artists obsolete. Renoir spent a year painting murals for cafes & continued drawing lessons & personal Louvre studies of Old Masters: Delacroix, Boucher, Fragonard, Corot, Ingres & the then Contemporary artists: Courbet & Manet.
- 1860 – Studied under academic painter Charles Gleyre and enrolled at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts where in 1864 he was 10th of 106 students in sculpture & drawing.
- 1862 – At Gleyre’s Studio, studied with future fellow Impressionists: Monet, Sisley & Bazille. Eventually, becomes friends with Degas, Manet, Cezanne, Pissarro & Berthe Morisot. Concepts of Impressionism developed by these artists while socializing at Café Guerbois.
- 1864 – Sporadically exhibited at the Salon 1864-78.
- "Every year I send in two portraits, however small. The entry is entirely of a commercial nature. Anyway, it’s like some medicine – if it does you no good, it will do you no harm." …… Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 1865 – Moved into Sisley’s studio. Meets Gustave Courbet, whom he admired, and meets 16 year-old Lise Tréhot (painted 20+ times between 1865-72). She was his mistress & favorite model with her dark features & rounded figure. In 1872, she married someone else & lost contact with Renoir.
- 1867 – Salon success with Portrait of Lise. Shared studio with Bazille & Monet.
- 1869 – Spent the summer with Monet at Bougival on the Seine where they created the ‘first’ Impressionist paintings.
- 1870 – Painted Lise in A Nymph by a Stream (nude theme would resurface 50 years later in his work). Entered army & trained horses in the Pyrenees during the Franco-Prussian War. Friend, Frederic Bazille died in the war.
- 1871 – Sold work to Paul Durand-Ruel, first art dealer to support the Impressionists. Moved into large studio in the Rue St. Georges.
- 1874 – Major role in creation of Society Anonyme des Artes & their Impressionist Exhibitions of 1874-77 & 1882. Father died at age 75.
- 1876 – Paints masterpiece, Ball at the La Moulin de la Galette.
- 1879 – Painted & submitted to the Salon, Madame Charpentier and her Children which established him as an important Parisian society portrait painter.
- 1880 – Meets future wife, Aline Charigot. Painted masterpiece, The Luncheon of the Boating Party, (Aline portrayed in the foreground holding a small dog).
- 1881 – Traveled to Normandy, Algeria, Spain (saw Velázquez’s work) & Italy (saw works by Rubens, Titian, Raphael & other Renaissance Masters). Painted composer Richard Wagner’s portrait & The Two Sisters.
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