Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French Impressionist artist. In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as "the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919; died at 78. Alive at the same time as Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy, and Abraham Lincoln. Wiki link