Art history: artists, movements and museums

Pierre-Auguste Renoir photographié par Dornac vers 1910
Photos of Renoir: portraits of the painter and studio images
Discover the photographs of Auguste Renoir: portraits according to ages, Collettes workshop, armchair, family, models and painter at work. Read more...
Autoportrait au chapeau blanc de Pierre-Auguste Renoir dans ses dernières années
How did Auguste Renoir die? Illness, age and his final years
Auguste Renoir died at age 78 in 1919. Discover the reported cause of his death, his polyarthritis, his life in Cagnes and his latest works. Read more...
La Laveuse, sculpture en bronze d’Auguste Renoir et Richard Guino
Renoir and sculpture: late works and the end of his career
Discover Renoir's late sculptures, his collaboration with Richard Guino then Louis Morel, and the links between painting, volume and end of career. Read more...
Gabrielle Renard avec Jean Renoir enfant, peints par Auguste Renoir
Gabrielle Renard and Renoir: model, nanny and muse
Discover Gabrielle Renard, nanny of Jean Renoir, favorite model of Auguste Renoir and essential guardian of family memory. Read more...
La famille de l’artiste peinte par Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir's children: Pierre, Jean, Claude and the painter's family
Discover Pierre, Jean and Claude Renoir, as well as Aline Charigot, Gabrielle Renard and the artistic heritage passed down in the painter's family. Read more...
Maison du musée Renoir au domaine des Collettes à Cagnes-sur-Mer
Musée Renoir: the complete guide to places linked to the painter
Guide to Renoir places in France: Musée des Collettes in Cagnes, Essoyes, Maison Fournaise, Montmartre, Orsay, Orangerie, Limoges and practical advice. Read more...
Portrait de Pierre-Auguste Renoir par Frédéric Bazille en 1867
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: a life between light, figures and painting
Discover the life of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, from his beginnings on porcelain at the Moulin de la Galette and to the last painted Bathers in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Read more...