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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, A girl with a watering can, painted 1876. Oil on canvas, 39 by 29 inches (100 by 73 cm) in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
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Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in April 2003.

See also: Girl with a hoop

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

[edit] Biography

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working class family. As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents led to him being chosen to paint designs on fine china. He also painted hangings for overseas missionaries and decorations on fans before he enrolled in art school. During those early years, he often visited the Louvre to study the French master painters.

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