Renoir - Father and Son (Hardcover)

“Reality is always magical.� —Jean Renoir, 1957 Art is a family matter for the Renoirs. The path is carved by Pierre-Auguste, the painter who along with Monet, Cézanne, Degas was at the origin of the impressionist movement and continues with Jean, the poetic avant-garde filmmaker. Indisputably one of the masters of French painting of the 19th century, Pierre-Auguste father one of the greatest cineastes of the twentieth century in Jean Renoir. From the father’s paintings to the son’s films, the artist affiliation reveals a similar pursuit, and a single source of inspiration: an ode to freedom finding its origins in a profound humanity and love of reality. Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir, father and son, each marked the history of art—through painting for Pierre-Auguste and film for Jean, with the common thread of a desire to transcribe reality. This graphic novel tells the story of the intertwined lives of these two creators who always sought to draw their inspiration from the “spectacle of life�. But behind their art, there is also the story of the filiation between an old man who is slowly losing his strength and a young man seeking to make his own mark.  In fact, it is not until after his father’s death that Jean began his career as a filmmaker and contributed some of the greatest films to the history of the movies: The Grand Illusion, The River, and The Rules of the Game. In 1975 he received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement for his body of his work.

General

Imprint:	Pegasusbooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2019
Authors:	Eddy Simon
Illustrators:	Jak Lemonnier
Preface by:	Jacques Renoir
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	124
ISBN-13:	978-1-64313-196-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-64313-196-6
Barcode:	9781643131962

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