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Book SynopsisA major new biography of this perennially popular artist by the world's foremost scholar of his life and work.
Trade Review'Comprehensive … a cradle-to-grave account' - Sunday Times
'The leading Renoir scholar Barbara Ehrlich White has mined the artist’s voluminous correspondence to depict the man in the round' - RA Magazine
'Renoir is brought to life through his own words and those of his friends' - Leisure Painter
'Most artistic studies are made from the outside, looking in. This contribution to the literature of a much-observed figure provides a sense of looking outwards from the point of view of the man himself' - Art Book Review
'The most personal account of any Impressionist ever written … an unmissable, revelatory account' - Financial Times
'This new study has the blessing of the Renoir family. No one, not even Renoir himself, can ever have commanded so much information on the topic' - Daily Telegraph
'Renoir would have been grateful for the thoroughness with which his new biographer Barbara Ehrlich White has peeled away the myths and lies' - Independent
'Scholars of Renoir will be indebted to White for assembling so many new letters that shed fresh light on the tecture of Renoir’s family life, friendships and daily routines' - Literary Review
'As thorough as it is readable' - Art Newspaper
'Comprehensive and authoritative…provides an account of the artist’s life, work and impact from a contemporary and inside viewpoint. It is a compelling and engaging read' - The Artist
'Astonishingly detailed' - France Magazine
Table of ContentsMaps • Introduction • 1. 1841–77 • 2. 1878–84 • 3. 1885–93 • 4. 1894–1900 • 5. 1901–09 • 6. 1910–15 • 7. 1915–19 • Afterword; Appendix: Selected Renoir Paintings Worldwide; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography
