The French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was an important member of the Impressionist movement of the nineteenth century.
The beautifully designed Art in the Picture offers a Renoir biography, a few quotes, and most importantly, a gallery.
With a gallery of over 200 Renoir works, this Expo-Shop site is the largest of today's picks.
This National Gallery of Art tour brings a true museum experience to the Web. Although this mini-exhibit features only seven paintings, it's the commentary that makes it so valuable.
This online museum exhibit from London's National Gallery begins with a short Renoir biography.
"Celebrated for his portraits and nudes, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) is most often associated with figure painting. He was also a lover of nature, however, and an accomplished painter of landscapes."
from the biography channel
Sacagawea was born in approximately 1788 into the Lemhi Shoshone tribe of Idaho. Through the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, we know some of her story because in November, 1804 a pregnant, teenage Sacagawea and her husband joined the Corps
"There is no known image of Sacagawea that was made of her during her lifetime, so no one can be sure what she really looked like..."
"More mountains, lakes and streams bear her name than any other North American woman."
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