| 1841 |
25 February: born in Limoges,
sixth child of Leonard Renoir and
Marguerite Merlot.
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| 1844 |
Family moves to Paris.
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| 1856 |
Becomes apprentice porcelain
painter to Levy Freres.
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| 1862 |
Enters studio of Charles Gleyre
and meets Monet, Sisley and Bazille.
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| 1863 |
Meets Courbet and Pissarro.
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| 1866 |
Lise Trehot becomes his model
and mistress.
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| 1868 |
Paints La Grenouillere.
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| 1869 |
Frequents Cafe Guerbois and
meets Degas, Manet and Zola.
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| 1870-71 |
Franco-Prussian War and Paris
Commune.
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| 1872 |
Introduced by Monet to Paul
Durand-Ruel.
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| 1874 |
First Impressionist Exhibition.
Paints Box at the Theater and The
Dancer.
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| 1875 |
Meets Victor Choequet and
Georges Charpentier.
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| 1876 |
Second Impressionist Exhibition.
Paints The Ball at the Moulin de la
Galette and The Swing.
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| 1878 |
Paints Mme Charpentier and her
Children.
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| 1879 |
Enjoys first critical success at the Salon
with Mme Charpentier. Meets his future wife, Aline Charigot.
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| 1881 |
Begins The Umbrellas.
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| 1881-82 |
Travels to North Africa and Italy.
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| 1883 |
First exhibition of paintings in the
United States.
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| 1885 |
Aline gives birth to first son,
Pierre.
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| 1887 |
Paints The Bathers.
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| 1888 |
First attack of rheumatoid
arthritis.
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| 1890 |
Marries Aline.
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| 1892 |
Paints Girls at the Piano, which
becomes the first purchase of his
work by the French state.
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| 1894 |
Birth of second son, Jean. Death of
Gustave Caillebotte; Renoir appointed executor.
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| 1897 |
Caillebotte bequests partially
accepted by French state.
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| 1898 |
Buys house in Essoyes in South of
France.
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| 1900 |
Appointed Chevalier of the Legion
d'Honneur.
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| 1901 |
Birth of third son, Claude ("Coco").
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| 1906 |
Paints portrait of Misia Natanson.
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| 1907 |
Buys house, "Les Collettes," in
Cagnes and has a special studio built.
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| 1912 |
Suffers a stroke but recovers.
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| 1914-18 |
First World War. Sons Pierre and
Jean wounded. Aline dies (1915).
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| 1918 |
Begins Les Grandes Baigneuses.
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| 1919 |
Made Commander of the Legion
d'Honneur. December 3: dies and is buried
next to Aline in Essoyes.
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