Art history lecture with Allen Reamer: Renoir

Art history lecture with Allen Reamer

Renoir: His Life and his Art

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Renoir was one of the greatest French Impressionists.  He developed a new style of expressingthe beauty of the human figure.  A powerful friend of his challenged the Impressionists to  produce a large significant painting.  He took this challenge and produced the ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’.  We will discuss this painting in detail, along with the artistic background he   developed in, his life, and his other paintings.