"I have taken up again, never to abandon it, my old style, soft and light of touch", Renoir wrote to his dealer Durand-Ruel in 1888, full of enthusiasm for his latest efforts.
"This is to give you some idea of my new and final manner of painting - like Fragonard, but not so good" (quoted in J. House, Renoir in the Barnes Foundation, New Haven, 2012, p. 121).
Renoir's new approach represented a sea-change after the controversial Ingres-inspired method he cultivated in the previous decade.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Tête de jeune fille coiffée d'un chapeau de jardin, 1895 | Christie's
"I have taken up again, never to abandon it, my old style, soft and light of touch", Renoir wrote to his dealer Durand-Ruel in 1888, full of enthusiasm for his latest efforts.
"This is to give you some idea of my new and final manner of painting - like Fragonard, but not so good" (quoted in J. House, Renoir in the Barnes Foundation, New Haven, 2012, p. 121).
Renoir's new approach represented a sea-change after the controversial Ingres-inspired method he cultivated in the previous decade.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Tête de jeune fille coiffée d'un chapeau de jardin, 1895 | Christie's
Romà Ribera i Cirera (Barcelona, 1848-1935) was a Catalan genre painter.
He specialized in contemporary scenes from upper-class social events, rendered in meticulous detail, but also did numerous scenes from life in the 17th and 18th centuries.
He studied at the Escola de la Llotja and at the private school operated by Pere Borrell del Caso.
In 1873, he went to Rome to complete his studies.
While there, he met Marià Fortuny, who works would influence his style.
Romà Ribera i Cirera (Barcelona, 1848-1935) was a Catalan genre painter.
He specialized in contemporary scenes from upper-class social events, rendered in meticulous detail, but also did numerous scenes from life in the 17th and 18th centuries.
He studied at the Escola de la Llotja and at the private school operated by Pere Borrell del Caso.
In 1873, he went to Rome to complete his studies.
While there, he met Marià Fortuny, who works would influence his style.
Felix Schlesinger (1833-1910) was a German genre painter of the Düsseldorf School.
Felix Schlesinger was born in a family of painters.
In 1848, he received his first artistic training from Friedrich Heimerdinger at his birthplace Hamburg, later in Antwerp, at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and in Paris.
Between 1861 and 1863 he worked mainly in Frankfurt am Main, before he finally settled in Munich.
Felix Schlesinger (1833-1910) was a German genre painter of the Düsseldorf School.
Felix Schlesinger was born in a family of painters.
In 1848, he received his first artistic training from Friedrich Heimerdinger at his birthplace Hamburg, later in Antwerp, at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and in Paris.
Between 1861 and 1863 he worked mainly in Frankfurt am Main, before he finally settled in Munich.