Pierre-Auguste Renoir - One of the Most Influential Impressionist Painters 

In celebration of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's birthday I take a brief look at the man and a few of his most well known paintings and why he is loved so much. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, the centre of porcelain production in France at the time, to a tailor.

Renoir moved to Paris as a young boy who later went on to earn money painting blinds and murals. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1862 and became associated with other painters such as Monet, Bazille and Sisley. The Beaux-Arts de Paris, or School of Fine Arts, is a French grande école whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training and this is where many of Renoir's friendships with contemporary artists developed.

Renoir is loved for his style in portraying humans and their emotions which is captured by their movement and interaction with each other.