Renoir
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Jean 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
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his father Pierre Auguste 1841–1919, French painter.
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Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1894–1979, French film director: his films include La grande illusion (1937), La règle du jeu (1939), and Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)
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his father, Pierre Auguste (pjɛr oɡyst). 1841–1919, French painter. One of the initiators of impressionism, he broke away from the movement with his later paintings, esp his many nude studies, which are more formal compositions
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Renoir was one of the leading painters in the Impressionist movement, and completed the oil-on-canvas Les Poissons around 1917.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Pascal Perrin, an art historian and Renoir expert, lauded the "exceptional condition of the work, which has undergone no restoration" while presenting the canvas.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
Not for him were the depictions of the lives and leisure of the wealthy or the bourgeoisie favored by Renoir, Cassatt and Morisot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
He said, “I grew up in Chicago, that Renoir is called Two Sisters on the Terrace, and it’s hanging on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
Emika Chen and Renoir Thomas must have impressed him during their training.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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