Word: renoirs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...painting retrospective exhibit of the nineteenth-century Impressionist drew record crowds in London and Paris, where it stayed for four and five months, respectively. In Paris, Renoir drew crowds averaging 8,668 visitors per day. In London, it surpassed the attendance record of the Hayward Gallery's most popular previous exhibit, "Picasso's Picassos," by more than 100,000 visitors...
...part of the opening ceremonies of "Renoir," the superstar new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), the artist's grandson, Paul Renoir, came to view his relative's work. According to museum officials, Renoir walked through the exhibit and met with curators...
...seemed happy," said Christopher Bowden, publicity director for the exhibit, of Renoir's October 1 visit. He added that he saw a physical resemblance between Pierre-Auguste and his grandson...
...However, Renoir is only one of the estimated 453,000 visitors whom MFA officials expect to flood the exhibit during its three-month showing...
Harvard's Fogg Museum lent one of its most important Renoirs, "Seated Bather," to the exhibit. According to Carrie Jones, the Fogg's assistant director for curatorial affairs, the Museum was reluctant to lend such an important piece during their own remodeling. But, she added, "it was very important for them to have a large late period Renoir...