Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French | 1841 - 1919

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1841. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Kunstmuseum Den Haag in The Hague and will be on exhibit at Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne on March 28, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. have featured Pierre-Auguste Renoir's work in the past.Pierre-Auguste Renoir's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2 USD to 24,435,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 24,435,000 USD for Berthe Morisot et sa fille, Julie Manet, sold at Christie's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 375,299 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 24,056 USD.Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been featured in articles for BBC News, Telegraph and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Paris Bistros: Iconic Places and Space for Art written for Daily Art Magazine in February 2025. The artist died in 1919.

Artist's alternative names: Auguste Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Renoir

Featured for Sale

Baigneuse Assise ,1919

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Gallery Art

PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR "FEMME NUES" ORIGINAL HELIOGRAVURE ON VELIN D'ARCHES ,1043

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bradford's Auction Gallery

Lady in a black dress

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Lawsons

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FEMMES DANS UN JARDIN - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

FEMMES DANS UN JARDIN ,1873

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Enfant assis en robe bleue - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Enfant assis en robe bleue ,1889

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Gabrielle au miroir

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Lot ,1910

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pestel-Debord

VOLLARD (AMBROISE) La Vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ONE OF 1000 WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY RENOIR, 1919 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

VOLLARD (AMBROISE) La Vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ONE OF 1000 WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY RENOIR, 1919 ,1000

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bonhams Knightsbridge

Pierre - Auguste Renoir - Plaque - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre - Auguste Renoir - Plaque ,1890

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Barry S. Slosberg Auctioneers & Appraisers

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Lady in a black dress

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Lawsons

Recent Auction Results

Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret ,1862

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers, Jerusalem

1919 RENOIR Engraving "Gondola on the Grand Canal

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

KCM Galleries

1919 Renoir Limited Engraving "Conversation after the Bath" Framed

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

KCM Galleries

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Current Exhibitions

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World — Masterpieces from the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay

HKMoA, Hong Kong Museum of Art

Kowloon City | Hong Kong | Hong Kong

Jan 17,2025 - May 07,2025

Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art

Pola Museum of Art

Kanagawa | Japan

Dec 14,2024 - May 18,2025

Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain | Connecticut | USA

Jan 24,2025 - May 18,2025

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Articles

Paris Bistros: Iconic Places and Space for Art

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Coverage

“ ..Although known primarily for his impressionist paintings, Renoir became interested in printmaking during the last two decades of his life and produced numerous etchings and lithographs, many based on his... ”
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Tacoma Art Museum

“ ..Renoir’s paintings from this period, which have never been studied and shown as such, are often misunderstood as they do not fit comfortably into the history of high modernism... ”
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

“ ..Renoir’s 1883 portrait depicts the socially ambitious young wife of one of Renoir’s wealthy patrons (she was not yet 16 when they married)... ”
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The Art Institute of Chicago

“ ..Renoir had discovered the “spotted” effect of light a year before in his Etude of a woman’s naked torso surrounded by greenery... ”
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State Hermitage Museum