Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir created portraits, landscapes, and scenes of everyday life and helped found the Impressionist movement with Claude Monet. This biography discusses Renoir's childhood, education, apprenticeship as a porcelain painter, use of color, rejection from and participation in the Salon, exhibitions, clients, travels to Algeria and Italy, family life, and struggles with rheumatism. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Renoir's artwork, including The Swing, Le Pont des Arts, Luncheon of the Boating Party, The Umbrellas, and Young Girls at the Piano. The Great Artists series of easy-to-read biographies offers an engaging and comprehensive look at the lives of some of the most notable artists of all time. Each book provides insight to an artist's childhood, influences, and works. From Impressionism to modern art, this series explores the artists' unique styles and will supplement young readers' art history curriculum.