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Renoir
was born the son of a tailor on February 25,
1841 in Limoges, France. Early in life he moved
to Paris with his family. At age 14, he became
an apprentice as a porcelain painter. He became
so adept at this he might have spent the rest
of days doing this type of work, but fortunately
the firm went bankrupt in 1858. Although he
dabbled in several different jobs, but it seemed
his earliest job convinced him to attempt to
become a full time painter.
Renoir began copying famous paintings in the
Lourve. At this time he began attending the
studio of Marc-Gabriel-Charles Gleyer, a Swiss
teacher who offered practical instruction to
a number of artists. Along with this he began
attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. All of these
events shaped his future.
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