‘A world detached from struggles of urban life’: a rare exhibition of Renoir drawings
Morgan Library & Museum, New YorkFamed impressionist painter’s lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic processHis luminous colours...
By David Smith in Washington · The Guardian Culture
Morgan Library & Museum, New York Famed impressionist painter’s lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic process His luminous colours and sensual brushwork adorn countless mugs, posters and tote bags as well as blockbuster exhibitions . But the commodification of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his fellow impressionist painters has been missing something. Renoir was an accomplished draftsman who produced a distinguished but largely unheralded collection of drawings, pastels, watercolours and prints. Continue reading...