Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renior was born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, France. His father was a tailor and his mother was a dressmaker. In 1845 his family moved to Paris and settled near the Louvre Museum. There young Renoir had his first experience with art. From age 13 he became an apprentice painter in a porcelain factory, where he painted for five ...