Renoir’s Family, Friends and Teachers 1841—1867A New Style of Art 1867—1871The Great Decade of Impressionism 1872—1883Masterpieces of Realist ImpressionismThe Crisis of Impressionism
La belle vie: Impressionism’s most joyful paintingsPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is universally acclaimed and celebrated: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospecti
It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was first exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and its loos
