The Barnes Foundation removed a precious Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting from view last year for some much-needed rehabilitation. The Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), an oil painting completed ...

“The Henriot Family” is now undergoing extensive repair and cleaning in the Barnes’ conservation lab, where deputy director of education and interpretation Martha Lucy saw the painting in a new light.

A Pennsylvania woman bought a drawing for $12 at a collector's auction and she later determined it might be a far more valuable work by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. World News // 2 ...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s former family home in Essoyes, France will open to the public as a museum on June 3, following four years of major restoration. It will join Renoir’s studio—already open for 20 ...

Last week, a silly group picketed the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, demanding that the museum remove from its walls the high-glucose paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in favor of more dignified fare.

March 27 (UPI) --A Pennsylvania woman bought a drawing for $12 at a collector's auction and she later determined it might be a far more valuable work by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Henri Matisse, "The Joy of Life" (1905–6), oil on canvas (photo Judith Stein/Hyperallergic) PHILADELPHIA — Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes is the result of a carpe diem moment for ...

It’s not usually the case that you get a sweetener when you buy an item at auction, even when you pay tens of millions of dollars, but Sotheby’s London has a special offer in its March 6 Modern and ...

<p>Renoir, Pierre Auguste, b. Limoges, France, 1841; d. 1919. Painter, printmaker, sculptor. One of the founders of the Impressionist movement, Renoir produced some of the group's best-known images, ...

Born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, France, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was the sixth of seven children in a working-class family. The family moved to Paris in 1844, where he was immersed in the cultural ...