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· French · 1859–1915

Aline Charigot

Seamstress from Essoyes who models with the terrier at the left of Luncheon of the Boating Party; Renoir's companion from the early 1880s, mother of his three sons, and his wife from 1890.

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Lived
1859–1915
Born
1859
Died
1915
Nationality
French
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Illustrated portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  • Painter
  • Sculptor

Married to · 1890–1915

Aline Charigot was Renoir's companion from the early 1880s — she is the young woman with the terrier in Luncheon of the Boating Party — and the mother of his three sons. They married in 1890, when Renoir was forty-nine; she died in 1915.

Renoir et l'amour (exhibition presentation) — Musée d'Orsay (2026); Luncheon of the Boating Party — The Phillips Collection; Musée Renoir — Cagnes-sur-Mer Museums

Illustrated portrait of Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

  • Filmmaker
  • Author

Parent of

The second of Aline's three sons with Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in 1894. Her Champagne village of Essoyes remained the family's anchor: Jean is buried there in the family tomb.

Renoir et l'amour (exhibition presentation) — Musée d'Orsay (2026); Musée Renoir — Cagnes-sur-Mer Museums

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Married to · 1890–1915

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Aline Charigot was Renoir's companion from the early 1880s — she is the young woman with the terrier in Luncheon of the Boating Party — and the mother of his three sons. They married in 1890, when Renoir was forty-nine; she died in 1915.

Renoir et l'amour (exhibition presentation) — Musée d'Orsay (2026); Luncheon of the Boating Party — The Phillips Collection; Musée Renoir — Cagnes-sur-Mer Museums

Parent of

Jean Renoir

The second of Aline's three sons with Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in 1894. Her Champagne village of Essoyes remained the family's anchor: Jean is buried there in the family tomb.

Renoir et l'amour (exhibition presentation) — Musée d'Orsay (2026); Musée Renoir — Cagnes-sur-Mer Museums