Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranke
Renoir in 1959
The young Renoir with Gabrielle Renard in a painting by his father Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1895–96)
Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French Impressionist artist. In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as "the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rub
Jean Renoir
…directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the uncle of the cinematographer Claude Renoir. With Claude, he made The River (1951), the first color film shot in India. A lifelong lover of…
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A Box at the Theater (At the Concert), 1880, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
The Swing (La Balançoire), 1876, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris