Ренуара относят к одному из родоначальников classical impressionism, however, in contrast to the paintings of colleagues, his painting developed in a different direction. He devoted his work to the techniques of transparent painting. Using completely new techniques of imposing smears, Renoir achieved a separate structure of his works, which largely distinguishes his work from the school of the old masters.
Картины Ренуара, с названиями которых truly feminine charm is associated, surprisingly conveying the subtle features of maiden beauty. He was an optimist and sought out the best manifestations in life, trying to save them with the help of the picturesque kinetics of his brushes.
As an artist Renoir, whose paintings emitlight, was able to find and depict only joyful and happy faces. In many ways, thanks to this ability, as well as the inherent love of people, the creator has made women the quintessence of his art.
Renoir's paintings with the names "Jeanne Samary",“Ballerina”, “Bathers” betray him as a connoisseur of female nature, who had his own ideal of beauty and was alien to the conventions. Women in the pictures of Auguste are recognizable, and anyone who has ever encountered the history of painting, is able to recognize the hand of the master. Each lady always looks with canvases with her eyes filled with a thirst for love and a burden to change. Among the common features that can be seen in all female portraits of the artist, all the ladies in the paintings have a small forehead and a heavy chin.
In 1877, held a solo exhibitionexpositions of the artist in the framework of impressionism. Among the majority of works, the paintings of Renoir with the names “Portrait of Jeanne Samary” and “Portrait of Henriette Henriot” aroused the greatest interest. Depicted in the pictures are ladies - actresses. The author wrote their portraits more than once. The paintings captured the attention largely due to the skillfully created illusion of the mobility of a white and blue background, which gradually condenses around the outlines of the feminine Henriette and leads the viewer to her velvet brown eyes. Despite the fact that the overall exposition was very kinetic and emotional, it remained motionless at the same time, with an emphasis on the contrast of dark brow brows and supple red hair.
Pierre Auguste Renoir, whose paintings andemit the spirit of impressionism, continued to work until the last days of life, not allowing the disease to remove him from color. In addition to his love for the image of female nature, the artist became famous for his ability to effectively use color and work with those paints to which his colleagues in the craft rarely resorted.
Auguste is one of the few who skillfully resorted touse on your canvases a combination of black, gray and white colors so that the paintings do not look "dirty." The idea to experiment with this color visited the artist, when he once sat and watched the rain drops. Many art critics notice that the artist can be called a master of the image of umbrellas, as he often resorted to this detail in the works.
For the most part the master used to workwhite, Neapolitan yellow paint, cobalt blue, crowns, ultramarine, kraplak, emerald green paint and vermilion, but their skillful combination gave rise to incredibly picturesque masterpieces. Closer to 1860, when impressionism was gaining momentum, Renoir's color palette underwent changes and he began to resort to brighter shades, for example, red.
The case led Renoir to a meeting with at leastsignificant painter of French art, Claude Monet. Their fate intertwined, and for some time they lived in the same apartment, constantly honing their skills, depicting each other on canvases. Some critics argue that the similarity of their pictures is so obvious that if it were not for the signature in the lower left corner, it would be technically impossible to distinguish them. However, in their work visible discrepancies are visible. For example, Monet focused attention on the play of light and shadow, thanks to which he created his own contrasts on the canvases. Auguste more appreciated the color as such, from that his paintings are more bright and full of light. Another fundamental difference in the work of painters was that the paintings of Renoir, with the names of which women were associated with, always led to the depiction of human figures, while Claude Monet certainly took them to the background.
