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How can you use “renoir” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Then, at age 17, Renoir was abruptly laid off, his paintbrush replaced by a machine.

  • Of all the Impressionist painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, alchemist of elegance, had the humblest beginnings.

  • While the first part of Renoir's assertion is preposterous (as anyone can see who peruses the dozen or so early works, culled from the Art Institute's own spectacular collection of over 90 pieces by Degas, that serve as an appetizer for the exhibition), the show makes a convincing case for the vitality of Degas' late work.

  • Peter Schjeldahl of the Village Voice called Renoir "the worst artist ever to achieve canonical status"; art historian Michael Fried remarked that "Renoir's native gift was perilously slight"; and critic Robert Rosenblum worried about the "sugar content" of his paintings.

  • The harsh social vision of Acrobats makes one wonder why Renoir's critical reputation has fared so badly in recent years, particularly at the hands of such leftist critics as T.J.


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