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Collection of Original Renoir Sculptures Moves to Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A collection of original sculpture works
by French Impressionist Master Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1849- 1919) is on
display in Scottsdale, Arizona. The House of Renoir, an Arizona
company that recently acquired the collection, has commissioned the
publication of a limited bronze edition to be reproduced from these
originals. Descendants of Pierre-Auguste Renoir verified the
authenticity of the original works.
The collection of more than 20 pieces includes poignant works such as
"Buste de Coco," inspired by Renoir's son Claude; and "La
Maternite," created in tribute to Renoir's wife, Aline.
"La Grande Venus Victrix" [The Great Victorious Venus
ed.] is a larger- than-life nude of the
Greek goddess that fully captures the full, smooth and substantial
female figure so familiar in Renoir's later paintings; it is considered
to be the pinnacle of Renoir sculptural works.
Many art enthusiasts are familiar with Renoir's famous Impressionist
paintings but few know that he was also a sculptor. The original
plaster and terra cotta works were completed by an aging and ill Renoir
and his helpers, Richard Guino, Louis Morel and Claude Renoir, between
1914 and 1919 at his estates in Cagnes-Sur Mer in the south of France
and Essoyes, in the Champagne region. An earlier work, Buste de
Coco was completed by Renoir's hands alone in 1908.
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Grande Venus Victrix
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
SOURCE: Rima Fine Art http://www.rimafineart.com.
Used with permission.
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