▣ Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

 

Renoir painted several self portraits throughout has career as an artist, and famous works in this genre include Self Portrait in a White Hat and several works that are simply called Self Portrait.


Photographs of Renoir do exist, indeed, he lived in an era of intense experimentation with the still relatively new photographic medium. However, Renoir's self portraits convey something that the relatively stiff and formal photos that are generally available to us cannot: the warmth and vibrancy of his inner life. <Source : TheHistoryOfArt.org>



  • Self-Portrait (c.1875)


[ circa 1875, Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 cm. <Source : The Clark Art Institute> ]



  • Self-Portrait (1876)


[ 1876, Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm. <Source : Harvard Art Museums> ]



  • Portrait de l'Artiste (1879)


[ 1879, Oil on canvas, 19 x 14 cm. <Source : Musée d'Orsay> ]



  • Self-Portrait (1899)


[ 1899, Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm. <Source : The Clark Art Institute> ]



  • Self-Portrait (c.1910)


[ 1910, Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm. <Source : Private> ]



  • Self-Portrait with White Hat (1910)


[ 1910, Oil on canvas, 42 × 33 cm. <Source : Galerie Durand-Ruel> ]



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