Renoir: Avenel Art Library

by Alberto Martini

Paintings by the French Impressionist illustrate his fascination with the form and sensuousness of the female body as well as his use of luscious and harmonious colors

Genres: Art, Reference

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Alberto Martini (1931-1965) was an Italian art historian, critic, and consultant for Finarte, an Italian auction house based in Milan.
Martini worked in television and radio for RAI, producing documentaries on artists and edited a number of art monographs including various volumes of the I Maestri del Colore series by Fabbri Editori.

Martini died on May 8, 1965, in a car accident.

Reviews

[Jonathan Jerden · Rating 4 out of 5]

30+ paintings of this Victorian-era Impressionist, who was friends/contemporaries with Van Gogh, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet, Cezanne, and many other artists and writers of the Paris Scene.