Renoir Author:Ann Dumas The Hammer Galleries is pleased to present RENOIR, our inaugural exhibition at 475 Park Avenue and our third exhibition devoted to the work of French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). — The recent exhibition "Renoir in the 20th Century" (Grand Palais, Paris, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009-2010) h... more »as renewed interest in the works of Renoir's last three decades. Because this exhibition did not travel to New York, we chose to cover a similar period in our exhibition, with paintings, pastels and drawings ranging from approximately 1885 to 1912. The insightful catalogue essay, by noted scholar and curator Ann Dumas, is a wonderful contribution to the reassessment of Renoir's mature work.
This exhibition catalogue includes high-resolution images and provenances for the twenty-five works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir selected for the exhibition.« less