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beaux-arts
végétation abondante et luxuriante. C’est
la période dite « nacrée » d’un artiste qui
Courbet, puis Ingres.
écrit ces vers dans
:
« Villa des Arts, près de l’avenue
de Clichy, peint Monsieur Renoir,
Qui devant une épaule nue
broie autre chose que du noir »
sérénité que la vie a pu lui ofrir. Mallarmé
a ses début s’était laissé influencer par
Renoir a voulu saisir dans son œuvre
colossale les instants de bonheur et de
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Paris. The three �riends o� the Ca�é Guer-
sometimes in Paris, sometimes in Essoyes
bois all had di�culty exhibiting their works
at the o�cial painting Salon. Renoir finally
women with generous curves in lush green
o� 1874 and 1876. But he only established a
name and became truly success�ul at the
by Courbet and Ingres.
Salon o� 1879, when he was moving away
�rom Impressionist precepts.
happiness and serenity he experienced in
when he travelled to Italy, and particularly
Pompeii, in 1881.
:
“At the Villa des Arts, near the Avenue
de Clichy, Monsieur Renoir paints,
real stardom in the 1890s, when art lovers
hardly in a black mood
tory where his �ather had �ound him aj ob)
be�ore a bare shoulder.”
met Monet, Sisley and Bazille, with whom
(Aube) where he had a house, or in the Midi,
where he bought a property in the 1900s. In
those years, he mainly painted his �amily or
succeeded in 1864, and ten years later pre-
In Charles Gleyre’s studio, Renoir (who had
sented works at the Impressionist exhibitions
landscapes. This was the “ pearl” period o�
an artist whose early career was influenced
However, he once more turned his attention
li�e. Mallarmé wrote these lines in
hitherto only painted on porcelain in the �ac-
developed a lasting afection �or his works.
tracts with art dealers. Renoir now painted
he painted outdoors in the area around
to conventional techniques and subj ects
In his colossal output (over 4,000 works),
Renoir wanted to capture the moment o�
Though already well-known, he achieved
This brought him a plethora o� new con-
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de la poste
femme en rose dans un paysage à cagnes
(détail)