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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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No date (c.1962). Collins. Hard Cover. Book-front cover edges some marks, first & last few pages some discolouration, 2 pages book-mark stained, otherwise VG. DJ-Good, edgewear & chips. 9x6. 416pp. Colour frontis portrait of subject & numerous b/w illus. Pictorial endpapers.
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1962. Collins. Book-VG, spine ends rubbed. 9.5x6. 416pp. Gilt titles on spine. Gilt design of girl on top cover. ILlustrated endpapers. 9x6. 416pp. Frontis portrait. B/w plates and photos.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. DW missing. Title in gilt to spine. Light nicks, remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
This was a fascinating book to read, with details about Renoir, his family and friends, that I have not read before. Also, as I love France, it was great to have descriptions of all the places where he lived.
A very enjoyable, informative and well-written book.
rdsherwood
Aug 19, 2008
Renoir by Renoir
I first read this wonderful biography when it became a book club choice not long after publication. I re-read it some years later and lent it out to friends to read until one day it was not returned to me. Having just bought a 'new' copy I found son Jean's elegant but highly readable prose just as enjoyable as the first time round. Jean relies on many of his own recollections to write about his father but recognizes the limitations of a young child's memory but he was able to call on the reliable Gabrielle, model, family friend and influential companion for much of the detail. What comes across so strongly is the story of a genius who as a child in Paris witnessed the end of an era in French history, the end of Royalty and beginnings of a Republic, followed by the enormous changes in industrialization, the coming of the aeroplane and motor car, all beautifully described. It is not long before the reader feels he knows Renoir intimately, his reactions to change, his intense dislike of the artificial and man-made materials (he much preferred hand made furniture that one could delight in the skill of the carpenter or wood carver) his fear of sharp objects, distrust of intellectuals and distaste for all but the simplest of home cooked food and clothes. Here we get more than just a description of Renoir the artist (a term he hated) and his fight to gain recognition for his work alongside his friends Monet, Cezanne and Pissaro, but gain a unique insight into his daily routines, his relationship with his beloved wife Aline, his children Jean, Claude and Pierre and his close friends. We also can but hugely admire his no-nonsense fight to remain active to his dying day, in the face of the severe arthritis that afflicted his later years. Buy it or borrow it, I am sure you will find it an absorbing and rewarding book about a modest and generous genius, written by a man who was a master in his own right as a film maker, script writer and novelist. I have a small criticism: although the text is liberally interleaved with evocative black and white photographs, I would love to have seen more colour used. I found a need to have a book of Renoir's colour reproductions at hand to fully enjoy the references to many of his masterworks.
