About

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born February 25th 1841 in Limoges. In 1845, he left Limoges to settle in Paris with his family. Renoir became an apprentice in a porcelain decoration workshop between 1854 and 1858 while attending drawing evening classes.
Admitted in 1862 at the School of Fine Arts, he studied under Swiss painter Charles Gleyre (1806-1874). He met Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille who shared with him their admiration for Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Camille Corot, Edouard Manet and more.
He achieved his first successes at the Salon of 1868, where he exhibited Lise with an …