Pierre-Auguste Renoir

When was Renoir born?

1841

What is the title of the painting?

Diana

Which word best describes Renoir's style?

Vibrant

He worked in a ceramics factory as a young boy.

True

Renoir was a painter of which school of art?

Impressionism

Where is La Grenouillere located? In which museum?

Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden

Renoir and ________ formed a close partnership throughout their careers, and the two even painted the same scenes together.

Monet

What year did Renoir travel to Algeria for the first time?

In 1881

On 15 January 1882, Renoir met the composer at his home in Palermo, Sicily. He painted his portrait in 35 minutes. Whose portrait is it?

Richard Wagner

Most of his works executed from 1883 to 1884 on are so marked by a new discipline that art historians have grouped them under the title the “Ingres” period. What is the other name of the period? More than one correct answer.

Harsh Period, Dry Period

In Renoir's later years he suffered terribly from a certain disability. What was that?

Rheumatism

What's the title of the painting?

Portrait of the couple Sisley

When did Renoir marry almost 20 years younger Aline Victorine Charigot?

1890

Pierre

A film actor

Jean

A filmmaker

Claude

A ceramic artist

The painting "Girls at the Piano" comes from ______________ period.

Later Years

Renoir started to make sculpture only late in his life. Because his hands were crippled with arthritis, "The Washerwoman" was modelled under Renoir's direction by the young sculptor ______________.

Richard Guino

What year did Renoir joined Monet and the other Impressionists in their first exhibition?

In 1874

When did Renoir pass away?

3rd December 1919

Auguste moved to Paris in 1862 to study art.

True

In 1990, this masterpiece of Renoir's was sold at Sotheby's in New York for $78.1 million, making it the most expensive work of Impressionism ever sold at auction.

True

What's the title of the painting?

The Luncheon of the Boating Party