Severely crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, 71-year-old painter Pierre- Auguste Renoir agreed in 1912 to one last attempt at walking. But when the doctor lifted him from his wheelchair, Renoir managed ...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a ...

SAN DIEGO — How is the exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art, “Idol of the Moderns: Pierre-Auguste Renoir and American Painting,” like the nighttime sky? Both are filled with brighter and lesser ...

WILLIAMSTOWN - Pierre-Auguste Renoir always seemed to have a lighter-than-air touch. Sometimes too light. Even though he’s one of the most famous French Impressionist painters, some of his ...

The Barnes Foundation removed a precious Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting from view last year for some much-needed rehabilitation. The Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), an oil painting completed ...

Was Pierre-Auguste Renoir a “far more complex and thoughtful painter than generally assumed” who influenced a generation of avant-garde artists, or was he “the most overrated artist east, west, north ...

As arthritis began to take its toll on his nearly 70-year-old body, Pierre-August Renoir faced a choice. The famed French painter had to decide between "walking and painting," reflected Jennifer ...

It's not often that a parent and child become masters of two different art forms, but an exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia proves it's possible: Renoir: Father and Son explores the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, home to the world’s ...

Two paintings by Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley were restituted to eleven beneficiaries of the Jewish art dealer Grégoire Schusterman at a ceremony attended by France’s culture minister Rachida Dati ...