Often misunderstood, Pierre-Auguste Renoir remains one of history’s most-loved painters - undoubtedly because his work exudes such warmth, tenderness, and good cheer. Gathering brilliant reproductions and sketches, as well as photos and a complete chronology illustrating his life and work, this is the essential work of reference on Renoir.

Warmth, tenderness, good cheer - Renoir is easy to love and just as easy to misread. This reference gathers the paintings with the chronology and context that take him seriously. For Impressionism lovers building a small library of essentials.