Sun-kissed, charming, and sensual, the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir champions painting at its most lighthearted and luminous. This essential artist introduction selects key works from his extensive oeuvre to explore his Impressionist innovations as much as his traditions in pursuit of beauty, harmony, and the female form.
Arts Council of Great Britain Book order (chronological)



English Romanesque Art, 1066-1200
Hayward Gallery, London, 5 April-8 July 1984
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
. 1984, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981
Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the Twenties
- 159 pages
- 6 hours of reading
160 pages profusely illustrated throughout