Spring Vase / by Piergost Renoir / 1866 / oil on canvas / Fogg Museum, Cambridge

Renovar's life was devoted to painting happily and without despair. He started painting as a child while working in a porcelain factory. There, he painted on dishes using flowers, bushes and leaves of rococo paintings. After a short period in which he showed a tendency towards the dark colors of "Courbe", he became a passionate member of the group of impressionist painters. In terms of coloring, Renoir's impressionist paintings were often warmer than the paintings of other impressionists. Color was his love.

He studied Delacroix's North African paintings for their dark yellow undertones, rich reds and purples.

At the age of forty, Renoir showed restlessness for paintings that had a more coherent structure. He studied the works of "Anger" and "Raphael" and paid attention to detailed volumes. After absorbing this discipline, Renoir was ready to achieve the triumphs of his post-impressionism phase. In his works of this period, rainbow colors evoke beautiful and elegant forms.

The painting "Spring vase" is drawn from the flowers of June and with such accuracy and clarity that it has no equal except in the masterpieces of "Fontaine Latour" in the 19th century. The brilliance and coldness of this painting is due to the blue, ivory, white, pink and violet colors that inspire the viewer with the fragile softness of the petals that will wither at the slightest breath.

In all of his paintings, joy and love for life radiate. The light of life in the works of this artist is such that it makes the viewer feel himself in its belly. And this is not strange, because as Renoir himself said: "A work of art must dominate you, it must surround you and make you lose your mind, and this is the current that the artist sends forward, which, due to his feelings, steals you completely and makes you lose yourself."

Prepared and arranged by: Narges Saheb Ekhtiari