Renoir, Pierre-Auguste

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A French impressionist (see impressionism) painter and sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the most popular of the impressionists, Renoir is known for his extravagant use of light and color, especially red, and for frequent use of the impressionist technique of small brushstrokes. His most famous paintings include Dance at Bougival and the series The Bathers.

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As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!
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Consumed and eventually disgorged, Pierre is restored to his loving parents, his ennui banished.
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A great-granddaughter of Fragonard, she seems to have inherited his talent; Corot and Renoir forcibly appealed to her.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.
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Cette pierre possède la propriété de se reduire en fibres perpendiculairement à sa longueur sous un effort très faible.
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From his earliest youth Pierre Franois, handsome and long-limbed, hot-blooded and vain, thirsted after adventure.
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His mother was soon able to report to Fanny that Pierre is behaving better and learns willingly with his new teacher.
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