Which future Impressionist painters became Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s close friends in Charles Gleyre’s studio?

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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.

While studying at the studio of Charles Gleyre in 1862, Pierre-Auguste Renoir formed close friendships with three fellow students who would also become prominent Impressionist painters:

Claude Monet
Alfred Sisley
Frédéric Bazille

These four artists shared a dissatisfaction with the rigid academic traditions of the time and a desire to create art that was more reflective of real life. Their bond was strengthened by their mutual commitment to painting directly from nature, a practice they pursued together in the forest of Fontainebleau after Gleyre closed his studio.123