The Real Scene Behind a Renoir Masterpiece
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Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/07/Renoir_and_the_Woman_of_Paris_Anne_Distel Impressionism expert Anne Distel shows Renoir's Bal du Moulin de la Galette and reads a contemporaneous quote about the painting's inspiration. Distel admits that the real setting was "seedy", and far less tame than the painting would suggest. ---- In chara... Read more
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- -: The Real Scene Behind a Renoir Masterpiece
March 16, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/07/Renoir_and_the_Woman_of_Paris_Anne_Distel Impressionism expert Anne Distel shows Renoir's Bal du Moulin de la Galette and reads a contemporaneous quote about the painting's inspiration. Distel admits that the real setting was "seedy", and far less tame...
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- -: How Renoir's Mistress Launched His Career
March 1, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/22/Fashioning_the_Mistress_Gloria_Groom Curator of European Painting at The Art Institute of Chicago Gloria Groom explains how Renoir's mistress, Lise Trehot, helped launch his career. Lise Trehot posed for nearly 20 of Renoir's early paintings, between 1...
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- -: La Promenade: Looking Under the Surface of a Renoir Masterpiece
February 17, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/08/Renoirs_Wall_Power_Colin_B_Bailey Dr. Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, discusses the surprising facts that were discovered when Renoir's "La Promenade" was examined using infrared reflectograph...
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