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Renoir au XXe Siècle

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), a leading French artist of the impressionist movement, said this of own work in 1913 'I have just begun to know to paint. It has taken me more than 50 years to come to this result which is not yet complete.'

Renowned painters such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis professed their admiration for the master. Amongst his contemporary and friends like Paul Cézanne and Claude Monet, he remains an inspiration and a reference point for the younger generation of artists.

A master in portraying feminine sensuality, his portraits such as 'the large bathers' (Les Grandes Baigneuses, 1887, Musée d’Orsay, Paris) are inspired by South of France that he frequented from 1890. Renoir has not hesitated to limit the theme of his paintings, preferring instead to explore different techniques using the same subject.

Exhibitions such as 'Renoir’s Landscapes 1865-1883' (London-Philadelphia-Ottawa 2007-08) or 'Renoir’s Portraits' (Ottawa-Chicago-Fort Worth 1997-98) have exhibited several of the artist's works. But many of his works from later years have not been a part of a public display or study. Studying this time period, the exhibition brings together more than a hundred works- paintings, drawings, sculptures- from private and public collection from all over the world.

This exhibition is being organized with a collaborative effort of RMN, Musée d'Orsay, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Arts (See exhibition credits for details). The same exhibition will be presented at the Los Angeles Museum from Feb 14th- May 9th, 2010 and at the Philadelphia Museum from June 12th- September 5th, 2010.

Venue

Galeries Nationales

Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 30

Entrance on the Champs-Elysées
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Line 9), Champs-Elysées Clémenceau (Line 1)

Opening Hours

Open everyday from 10:00 AM- 10:00 PM except Tuesdays.
Thursday nights closing at 08:00 PM

Tariff

Adults: 11 €/ 8 € (reduced tariff for 13-25 years, unemployed etc.)

Terrasse à Cagnes Pierre-Auguste Renoir Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo © Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo Huile sur toile, 1905 46 x 55,5 cm

Danse à la campagne Pierre-Auguste Renoir Musée d'Orsay, Paris © Rmn / Hervé Lewandowski Huile sur toile, 1882 180 x 90 cm

Publication/ DVD on this exhibition

The related material is available at the museum's library and boutique.

• Catalog: 464 pages, around 49€
• For youngsters: Renoir et moi, around 13 € (Renoir and I)
• Couleur Renoir, 13,50 €
• Renoir au XXème siècle, 8,40 € (Renoir in the 20th Century). Coedition Rmn / Gallimard
• DVD : Renoir, rebondissements (provisionary title), Cathy Levy, 52 min. Coproduction Rmn / Musée d’Orsay /France 5 / Les films du tambour de Soie

Official website of Galeries Nationales- Grand Palais at RNM

Exhibition Credits:

Commissariat de l’exposition Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris:

Commissaire: Sylvie Patry, conservateur, musée d’Orsay,
Commissaire de la section « Documents autour de Renoir »: Isabelle Gaëtan, chargée d’études documentaires, Musée d’Orsay
Commissaire pour la sculpture: Emmanuelle Héran, conservateur, adjoint de l’administrateur général de la Réunion des musées nationaux

- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles:

Claudia Einecke, conservateur, LACMA et J.Patrice Marandel, conservateur en chef, LACMA

- Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Philadelphie:

Joseph J. Rishel, the Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting, Philadelphia Museum of Art et Jennifer Thompson, conservateur, Philadelphia Museum of Art

scénographie :

Pascal Rodriguez, architecte DPLG