Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841~1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau. Pierre Auguste was the father of actor Pierre Renoir and filmmaker Jean Renoir. Pierre Auguste Renoir paintings.
The 1880s brought a new direction to Pierre Auguste Renoir's paintings as he migrated away from the Impressionists in hopes of bringing a greater sense of form and structure to his work. He traveled to Italy where he was inspired by the art of Raphael, and his subsequent paintings reverted back to a tight, classical style.