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Discover with us our Renoir puzzles and enter the wonderful world of Impressionist art, discovering the joy of painting.
Through Renoir puzzles you can explore the artistic world of one of the greatest painters of modern art: Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The puzzle is one of the most fun and fascinating ways to discover art piece by piece. With Renoir puzzles, you can explore the details of his most beautiful works. Indeed, the works of this great master are considered the foundation of Impressionist art, which through the studies of this great French painter became the first of the major avant-garde movements of the 20th century.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on February 25, 1841.
His father, a modest tailor, moved to Paris in search of fortune when Renoir was only three years old. The family’s financial situation was modest, and at just over thirteen years old, Auguste became an apprentice in a porcelain decorator’s workshop.
In the ceramic workshop, his early artistic talent emerged, and his father, hoping to make him a skilled artisan, allowed him to attend evening drawing classes.
In 1862, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, attending classes taught by Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, a painter where he met Bazille and Monet, with whom he shared the first fundamental experiences of painting *en plein air*.
Although he participated in only three of the eight exhibitions of the group (including, of course, the first at Nadar’s studio), Renoir, alongside Monet, is the most spontaneous and committed representative of the Impressionist movement.
For him, painting is the joy of life, the ability to marvel every day at the small and great wonders of creation, the desire to be swept away by emotions and colors.
If I did not enjoy it, please believe me, I would not paint at all
It is precisely this innate love for art and nature that defines the extraordinary greatness of the Impressionist Renoir, always childishly fascinated by light and the color effects it creates.
In 1881, the artist traveled to Italy, until then known only through the Italian artworks in the Louvre and the enthusiastic descriptions of friends who had already visited.
Traveling through Palermo, Naples, Rome, and Venice, Renoir was deeply impressed by the vivid Mediterranean colors, always saturated and bright.
Artistically, he was particularly enthusiastic about Raphael’s extraordinary Vatican fresco cycle, which he judged “full of knowledge and wisdom.” Reflection on Raphael’s pictorial wisdom challenged his Impressionist view of reality, in which everything is limited to appearance and the sensation of a moment.
By the early 20th century, Renoir was highly esteemed and recognized across Europe.
Unfortunately, the first symptoms of a rheumatic illness began to appear, which within a few years would lead to complete paralysis of his lower limbs and partial paralysis of his upper limbs.
Despite this, Renoir continued to travel between Cagnes, Paris, and the southern countryside. His productivity remained frenetic; in addition to painting, he also devoted himself to sculpture.
At 78, he admitted that he was finally beginning to know how to paint. On the night of December 2, after asking for a pencil to sketch his last drawing, he dozed off and died of a heart attack.
