New insight into Renoir at the Eye Cinema

A new documentary, Renoir: the Unknown Artist will be screened at the Eye Cinema next Tuesday, February 16, at 6.30pm.

Pierre Auguste Renoir, who was born in France in February 1941 and died in 1919, is one of the world’s most influential artists. He created several thousand works of art during his life, including paintings, drawings, pastels, and sculpture.

Picasso collected more of Renoir’s works than he did of any other artist. Matisse revered him, as did Monet. He was instrumental in creating the Impressionist movement before he eventually totally rejected it and went in a completely new direction, with extraordinary results.

The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia has more Renoirs than any other gallery in the world and it is there that the documentary team begin their search to tell the remarkable story of this remarkable artist. The film is a fresh new biography of this artistic giant, and importantly, it uncovers a rarely-told story that places Renoir as a critical link between the old and the new worlds of art.

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