RENOIR, PIERRE 1841-1919:

1841 TO 1919. IN THE EARLY 1860'S, ALONG WITH MONET AND SISLEY, RENOIR CREATED THE NUCLEUS OF WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS THE IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT. HE IS PERHAPS THE BEST LOVED OF ALL THE IMPRESSIONISTS, HIS SUBJECTS , LIKE IMAGES OF CHILDREN AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, HAVE INSTANT APPEAL. HIS GRAPHIC WORK ENCOMPASSED ETCHING, DRYPOINT, SOFTGROUND AND LITHOGRAPHIC METHODS, AND HIS GRAPHIC WORKS ARE AMONGST THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER OF ALL THE IMPRESSIONISTS.