Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919: A dream of harmony - Hardcover

Feist, Peter H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760723273 ISBN 13: 9780760723272

Publisher: Barnes and Noble, 2000

Synopsis

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman." Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity.

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About the Author:

Peter H. Feist studied art history, history and archaeology in Halle, where he was assistant lecturer from 1952-1958, receiving his doctorate in 1958. From 1958-1981 he worked at the Humboldt University, Berlin, from 1982-1990 he was the director of the Institute for Aesthetics and Art Studies of the GDR Academy of Sciences in East Berlin. Feist has published numerous books on the history and theory of art, including TASCHEN's Pierre-Auguste Renoir and, as co-author, Impressionism. He lives and works in Berlin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes and Noble
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0760723273
• ISBN 13: 9780760723272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 95