ArtBabble: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Lecture: The Many Faces of Renoir's Lise Tréhot

Dallas Museum of Art — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:22:06 +0000

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Art historian John House discusses paintings made by Pierre-Auguste Renoir of his favorite model, Lise Trehot. Two of these paintings are in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Lise in a White Shawl and Lise Sewing.

This lecture is part of the Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series, which invites notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to present new research and fresh interpretations of the DMA's modern masterworks.

"Pont Neuf, Paris" 1872, Auguste Renoir

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:53:54 +0000

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Children's Video Tour-Time Travel

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Children can learn about Renoir, one of the young, avant-garde artists of 19th-century Paris, in this video from the Children’s Video Tour. In this painting, “Pont Neuf, Paris,” Renoir depicts the famous Parisian bridge bustling with life, with men wearing top hats, women carrying parasols, and soldiers with red caps and trousers. Can you spot the policeman in a blue uniform? On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 89. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=52202

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Find the Children's Video Tour at http://www.nga.gov/education/timetravel/index.shtm

What We See and What We Know, by Mark Strand, poet

The Frick Collection — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:40:53 +0000

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The Frick Collection

Mark Strand, recipient of the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2009, discussed works in the permanent collection from a poet’s point of view, focusing on women depicted by Vermeer, Chardin, Gainsborough, Renoir, and Whistler. The Artists, Poets, and Writers Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of the Drue Heinz Trust.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Moulin de la Galette 1876 (Musée d’Orsay)

Smarthistory — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:37:12 +0000

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Smarthistory

A conversation about Renoir and the Impressionist style, with its interest in modern Paris, leisure, outdoor light and open brushwork. Here though, we see Renoir's unique interest in pleasure and social interaction, a focus which is very different from his contemporaries, and fellow-Impressionists Degas and Monet.

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker