Renoir & love / edited by Paul Perrin [and 3 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919, artist.

Contributor:

Perrin, Paul, 1986- editor.

Musée d'Orsay, host institution.

National Gallery (Great Britain), host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919--Exhibitions.

Renoir, Auguste.

Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919--Criticism and interpretation.

Love in art--Exhibitions.

Love in art.

Impressionism (Art)--Exhibitions.

Impressionism (Art).

Painting, French--19th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, French.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Renoir and love

Place of Publication:

Paris : Musée d'Orsay ; London : National Gallery Global ; Boston : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts / [2026]

Summary:

"More so than any of his Impressionist contemporaries, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was committed to chronicling love and friendship. He understood that the emotion--whether seen on Parisian streetcorners or in sun-dappled woodlands--could be as fleeting and blinding as his other great and transitory subject, light.Focusing on the artist's career from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, this catalogue traces the evolution of how the artist depicted love, from affection, flirtation, and seduction to camaraderie and parenthood. Such themes are explored in tender and personal works as well as beguiling multi-figure compositions of urban and suburban sociability, including his trio of dancing couples that remain symbols of fin-de-siècle France. Published in tandem with a major international touring exhibition, Renoir in Love explores the artist's ruminations on the subject through thematic essays, focused entries on key artworks, and vivid reproductions of works ranging from intimate sketches to intricate, full-length paintings. " -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Directors' Foreword

Renoir: Modern life, love and painting / Paul Perrin

Painting with love / Sylvie Patry

'It is with my brush that I love': Renoir, Montmarte, and his female models, 1874-1886 / Chiara Di Stefano

Painting without ambiguity? Renoir and the nineteenth-century depiction of prostitution / Isolde Pludermacher

Renoir's Luncheon and the idea of intimacy / Martha Lucy

'I saw the Queen': Renoir's nostalgia and its uses / Christopher Riopelle

Painting large as an impressionist: Renoir, exhibitions and the 'Grands Formats', 1863-1885 / Colin B. Bailey

Seriously joyful: Love and sociability according to Renoir's critics, c. 1865-1885 / Katie Hanson

Renoir: Love is love / Mary Morton

Chronology / Lucie Lachenal-Taballet.

Notes:

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, March 17-July 19, 2026, The National Gallery, London, October 3, 2026-January 31, 2027, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 20-June 13, 2027.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-250) and index.

ISBN:

9781857097580

1857097580

0878469109

9780878469109

OCLC:

1593476941