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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Impressionism Painting December 3, 1919 Today is the anniversary of the death of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Pierre-Auguste Renoir said, when he was painting flowers, he was able to paint, “freely and boldly without the mental effort, he made with a model.” He also said, “If you paint the leaf on a tree without…

December 3, 2020 Seed Size, Gourds and Squashes, James Arnold, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sara Coleridge, Earth to Table by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann, and Octavia Hill

Today I’ll talk about the difference between gourds and squash. We’ll also celebrate the man whose philanthropy made the Arnold Arboretum possible. We’ll recognize the painter who said flowers made him paint freely. We salute the English author who gave us a lovely poem called The Garden Year. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a…

Remembering Painter and Gardener Pierre-Auguste Renoir Who Found Freedom in Painting Nature

“There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden gate which read, ‘No Renoirs sold here. Beware the dog.'” December 3, 1919 On this day, the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir died. There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden…