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In 1862 he began studying art under Charles Gleyre in Paris.

Although Renoir first started exhibiting paintings at the Paris Salon in 1864,[5] recognition did not come for another ten years,

Renoir experienced his initial acclaim when six of his paintings hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.

Renoir convalesced for six weeks in Algeria after contracting pneumonia, which would cause permanent damage to his respiratory system.[9]

While living and working in Montmartre, Renoir employed as a model Suzanne Valadon, who posed for him (The Bathers, 1885–87; Dance at Bougival, 1883)[10] and many of his fellow painters while studying their techniques; eventually she became one of the leading painters of the day.

In 1890 he married Aline Victorine Charigot

The Renoirs had three sons, one of whom, Jean, became a filmmaker of note and another, Pierre, became a stage and film actor.

Around 1892, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis.

It has often been reported that in the advanced stages of his arthritis, he painted by having a brush strapped to his paralyzed fingers

but this is erroneous;

In 1919, Renoir visited the Louvre to see his paintings hanging with the old masters. He died in the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, on December 3.

Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color,

. The female nude was one of his primary subjects.

colorism

realism

movement

In the late 1860s, through the practice of painting light and water en plein air (in the open air), he and his friend Claude Monet discovered that the color of shadows is not brown or black, but the reflected color of the objects surrounding them, an effect today known as diffuse reflection

Several pairs of paintings exist in which Renoir and Monet, working side-by-side, depicted the same scenes (La Grenouillère, 1869).[16][17]

The works of his early maturity were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of sparkling colour and light. By the mid 1880s, however, he had broken with the movement to apply a more disciplined, formal technique to portraits and figure paintings

This is sometimes called his "Ingres period"

A prolific artist, he made several thousand paintings

is at the Barnes Foundation

largest collection of his works