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Barbara Ehrlich White looks beyond Renoir’s immediately recognisable paintings to explore the person and life behind them. For readers who like art history with a human centre.
Readers exploring artist lives, with an interest in images, ideas and artistic practice.
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Publisher edition ISBN: 9780500292709
“The work of a lifetime – a magnificent success ... it will remain a point …”
Sophie RenoirPress excerpt quoted by Thames & Hudson ↗
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