Auguste Renoir Quotes


It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals, the needs, or the painters' techniques.


Citations

Goldwater, Robert, and Marco Treves, editors. Artists on Art: From the XIV to the XX Century. Pantheon Books, 1945, p. 320.

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Auguste Renoir
Auguste Renoir
  • Born: February 25, 1841
  • Died: December 3, 1919
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Artist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."