Renoir is an artist best known for his depictions of pretty children, flowers, pleasant scenes, and curvy women. His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life. Renoir was the first Impressionist to detach from the movement\’s ultramodern direction and his enthusiasm for painting was obvious to all who met him and observed his work.

Biography:

Name: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Short Name:Renoir
Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1841
Date of Death: 03 Dec 1919
Education: Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Place of birth: Limoges, France
Place of death: Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Occupation: Painter
Focus:Paintings
Mediums:Oil
Subjects:Figure, Landscapes, Scenery
Art Movement:Impressionism

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman is best known for his painted visions of exoticized North African scenes and people. He was considered among the leading Orientalist artists of his time. During his long and prolific career, Bridgman traveled to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Syria to paint and document local customs. In 1881, at the peak of his popularity, Bridgman exhibited over three hundred works at the American Art Gallery in New York.

diversion assyrian king 1877

messenger 1879

procession honor isis 1902

scene morocco 1885

village el biar algeria 1889

learning quran coran 1921

falcon hunt

cleopatras barge

arab women town wall 1925

an egyptian procession 1902

an arab encampment

pharaoh army engulfed red sea 1900

an arab village 1879

women cemetery algiers

an algerian street

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