The dealer who backed the Impressionists through the unsellable years — buying from Renoir and Monet from the early 1870s, hosting the group's exhibitions at his galerie, and building their American market.
Patron of · 1872
Renoir's dealer through the lean years and after: Durand-Ruel's galerie hosted the third Impressionist exhibition of 1877 where Bal du moulin de la Galette hung, gave Renoir one-man shows in 1883 and 1892, and commissioned portraits of his own children. The Orsay's provenance records for the Bal track the relationship across two decades.
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They met in London in 1870-71, where both had gone to sit out the Franco-Prussian War. Durand-Ruel became the dealer who carried Impressionism commercially.
Art movement · 1874–1886
The movement's dealer: the third Impressionist exhibition of 1877 hung at the galerie Durand-Ruel — Bal du moulin de la Galette was no. 186 — and the Orsay's provenance records track his one-man Renoir shows of 1883 and 1892 at the same address.
Patron of · 1872
Renoir's dealer through the lean years and after: Durand-Ruel's galerie hosted the third Impressionist exhibition of 1877 where Bal du moulin de la Galette hung, gave Renoir one-man shows in 1883 and 1892, and commissioned portraits of his own children. The Orsay's provenance records for the Bal track the relationship across two decades.
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The movement's dealer: the third Impressionist exhibition of 1877 hung at the galerie Durand-Ruel — Bal du moulin de la Galette was no. 186 — and the Orsay's provenance records track his one-man Renoir shows of 1883 and 1892 at the same address.
Met
They met in London in 1870-71, where both had gone to sit out the Franco-Prussian War. Durand-Ruel became the dealer who carried Impressionism commercially.
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