Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is universally acclaimed and celebrated: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. This book features a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work

• Renoir's Family, Friends and Teachers 1841-1967
• A New Style of art 1867-1871
• The Great Decade of Impressionism 1872-1883
• Masterpieces of Realist impressionism
• The Crisis of Impressionism and the "Dry Period" 1883-1887
• Sickness and Old Age 1888-1919
• Renoir's Late works
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919: His Life and work