Auguste Renoir - Self portrait 1899

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From Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute:
Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered wallpaper and his bourgeois clothes allude to a comfortable living. His health, on other hand, was poor, and the intensity of his gaze suggests an incisive investigation of the features of his face in a mirror. Renoir never exhibited this painting, and it remained in his studio until his death twenty years later.
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In the summer of 1886, Paul Gauguin visited the small village of Pont-Aven
in Brittany, where he became fascinated with the long history of peasant life
and its traditional costumes, customs, and rituals. He painted numerous
scenes of peasant life and the countryside, including The Yellow Christ.
- art-Gauguin.com

Montmartre 1886 - this painting dates from the winter of 1887, roughly
a year after Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris to join his brother, the
art dealer Theo van Gogh. It is one of a group of landscapes featuring
the Butte Montmartre, a short climb from the apartment on the rue Lepic
where Vincent and Theo lived. - art-vanGogh.com

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Auguste Renoir 1841-1919