The Search Of Renoir’s Female Paintings

In the art history,Renoir is considered one of the leading artists of the Impressionists,such as Degas or Monet. This is attributed to the influence on his work of classical art and his emphasis on traditional subject matter. So renoir is widely acknowledged as a painter of idealized women, a painter who inherited the tradition of the Rococo and themes associated with that style’s so-called “gorgeous ”and “romance”. and as a painter who expressed the joy of life. The happiness paintings of female theme by Renoir has become a jewel in the art history,His paintings of women have been linked to the depictions of women by the great artists of the past such as Titian, Rubens, and Boucher, who celebrated female beauty and women’s traditional roles. He have little idea about female paitings,Renoir is noted for saying that he had no interest in portraying ideas,but by necessity, ideas about women and society do inform his paintings of these themes.Renoir fused the reference of rococo themes,the happy emotions of painter and the characters of women in that century into one to create the female paintings as vivid as life.Whether be impoverished or suffered from the rheumatic arthritis,Renoir painted with happiness and joy. The joy emotion of renoir makes female theme paintings, wich contain portraits, scene paintings and nude female paintings, are full of joy.Three categorys paintings will be introduced in the first chapter. And the second chapter will discusses the formal beauty of three categorys paintings from composition, shape, lines and light color four aspects. The third chapter discusses renoir’s female paintings artistic value from the perspective of form innovation and painting skills expander. Finally comprehensive full text research opinions and arguments, and points out the shortage of research.