Renoir : rococo revival / edited by Alexander Eiling in collaboration with Juliane Betz & Fabienne Ruppen ; translations from German, Rebecca van Dyck [and four others].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-325).
Contents:
Renoir & the Rococo revival -- "These charming masters who reflect the grace and elegance of their time" : The rediscovery of the French painters of the eighteenth century in the nineteenth century -- Printed reproductions, Rococo & Renoir : The ninettenth century's illustrated perspective on the art of the ancien régime -- Renoir & decorative art : The artist as theorist -- Of spaces and echoes : Renoir's works on paper -- "La peinture vibrante" : Renoir's Portrait of Jeanne Samary & the pastel painting of the eighteenth century -- Joli, facile, français : Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Charles Joshua Chaplin, & Neo-Rococo painting in art criticism -- The eighteenth century as a category : Lionello Venturi's draft of a first Renoir catalogue Raisonné -- Renoir & Boucher : The greatest, most hated artists -- "He seems to be the painter of modern and popular 'fêtes galantes'" : Fêtes galantes & "Modern" leisure pursuits -- "How I would like to do decoration again, like Boucher, and transform entire walls into Olympuses. What a dream!" : Decoration & network -- "What I love about women is their feminine charm" : Renoir in the boudoir -- "Boucher's 'Diana leaving her bath' is the first picture that took my fancy" : Bathers -- "I am of the eighteenth century" : Landscapes -- "I am at liberty to paint flowers, and call them simply flowers, without their needing to tell a story" : Still lifes -- "Genre painting that has developed beyond its boundaries" : Genre paintings & figures in costume -- Literature.
Summary:
Like hardly any other artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir has shaped our understanding of the atmospheric figure paintings of Impressionism. His painting After the Luncheon, which has been in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt since 1910, is now the starting point for a far-reaching examination of an important source of inspiration that accompanied him throughout his life: the Rococo. Considered frivolous and immoral after the French Revolution, this style of painting experienced a renaissance in the 19th century and was widely celebrated during Renoir's lifetime. Published on the occasion of the Städel Museum's major exhibition, this comprehensive volume explores Renoir's multifaceted connection to tradition through illuminating juxtapositions of his art with 18th-century works and contemporaries. As a trained porcelain painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was well acquainted with the motif world of the 18th century. His depictions of intimate domestic scenes and outdoor social gatherings are reminiscent of the pictorial language of the preceding era, such as Jean-Antoine Watteau's Fêtes galantes.
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