Lotus 2010 18x15

Year2010

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed without GlassGold Toned Wood Frame 

Provenance / HistoryArtist's exhibitions at Wentworth Gallery 

Story / Additional InfoWe went to one of the artist's exhibitions and were able to meet him, have our picture made with him and Pierre Henri Matisse. Renoir took the time to give my middle child (my second daughter, a budding artist) a quick art lesson and drew her a special picture of a lighthouse on a seashore. We bought this piece, as well as another original oil he was completing that day entitled "Pink Roses & Red Apples" (Edition 1/1) As described above, we purchased this at a gallery where Alexandre Renoir and Pierre Henri Matisse were both present, displaying their works (and completing works we then purchased). We had our photographs made with each, and very much enjoyed talking with them. This piece is an original oil on canvas, registration no. T402242. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID122365

Alexandre Renoir - France

Art Brokerage: Alexandre Renoir French Artist: b. 1974. He was born in Cagnes Sur Mer in the south of France in 1974. When he was 4, the Renoir family moved to Canada, but even after leaving France, as the great-grand son of the great French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alexandre grew-up surrounded by art and artists. Renoir's famous family includes film director Jean Renoir, actor Pierre Renoir, director of photography Claude Renoir Jr., and Claude's daughter actress Sophie Renoir, to name a few. Artistic from a young age, Alexandre went to various arts-oriented schools including the Virginia park school for the artistically gifted and the Victoria School for the Arts and Performance where he graduated in 1993. In addition to his formal education he also attended classes at the Alberta Museum on Aboriginal Arts and Crafts garnering experience in sculpture, pottery, woodworking, stone carving, commercial art, photography and painting. Alexandre's first serious artistic venture was with jewelry design, gemology and goldsmithing in a family venture which utilized the abundant local occurrence of the rare precious stone ammonite. Paintings wanted!