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Compare Auguste Renoir to any other Artist. finding similarities and differences. How each contribute to the humanity or any aspect of life?

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau.

Oscar-Claude Monet 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting.

La Grenouillere by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is a perfect example of French Impressionism. Interestingly enough, it is also a perfect painting with which to compare his style with that of his close friend, Claude Monet, who founded the school. La Grenouillere was a resort located on the Seine featuring boating and other activities. Both Renoir and his friend Monet painted nearly identical scenes at La Grenouillere, featuring various people enjoying a small floating dock in the painting's center, as well as various boats. La Grenouillere serves as a perfect example to compare and contrast the two masters' styles.

La Grenouillere, which means "frog pond," in French, was a popular resort for young working class Parisians to relax. Located on the Seine River, La Grenouillere was accessible by train from Paris and had even been a vacation spot of the emperor Napoleon and his family. Also a popular spot with artists, Monet actually lived by La Grenouillere and it was upon a visit by Renoir that the two painted the scene.

Monet wanted to represent a single moment of light and evoke feelings and emotions about the power of Nature. His deliberate division of subjects also leads the eye naturally from one plane to another - he began with detailed concentration on the flowers in the meadow which lead us into the water of the pond, then to the trees and shrubs in the background, and then into the sky above .

Monet's version was criticized as being "unfinished" but at the time he was experimenting with an unfinished "painterly" style. It is sometimes speculated that his version was actually a sketch for a lost, larger painting. In truth, though, that was likely only a reaction to the impressionistic style of the piece, which was still revolutionary at the time.

Renoir chose to paint a closer view of the scene, with the result that there is much more of a focus on the people, along with a few dogs that are absent from Monet's painting. The overall effect is that Renoir's seems more bustling and active. Renoir also paints details in the scene, such as a docked rowboat, and leafy branches hanging from a tree, with sharper, more defined lines.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was an extraordinarily productive painter who worked during one of the most exciting points in art history. Along with fellow painters, including Claude-Monet, he rebelled against classical techniques to create the Impressionist movement. While Renoir was a peer of Monet and is one of the impressionist greats, he did find a greater affinity for classical techniques .

Renoir is best known for figure paintings and most of his later works focus on a person or groups of people while Moent is best known for landscape paintings.