Renoir in the Barnes Foundation

by John House and Martha Lucy

Book Overview

A spectacular survey of the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the Impressionist master Renoir

The Barnes Foundation is home to the world's largest collection of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). Dr. Albert C. Barnes, a Philadelphia scientist who made his fortune in pharmaceuticals, established the Foundation in 1922 in Merion, Pennsylvania, as an educational institution devoted to the appreciation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300151004
• ISBN13: 9780300151008
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 5.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.8" x 12.2"