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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1910; in the Archives Denyse Durand-Ruel, Rueil-Malmaison, France.
In 1862, Pierre-Auguste Renoir enrolled in evening courses to study drawing and anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts. During this same period, he also pursued painting lessons at the studio of Charles Gleyre.1