designs on fine china, and decorations on fans before attending art school. In 1862, he began to learn under Charles Gleyre in Paris, France. In France, he met many famous artists, including Claude Monet, a major influence on his paintings. In his maturity, he traveled everywhere from Algeria, to Madrid, to Sicily.(Wikipedia 2012) In the early 1880s, Renoir visited Italy, opening his eyes to a more traditional style of paintings, instead of his usual Impressionism. This is when he moved away from…
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