‘A world detached from struggles of urban life’: a rare exhibition of Renoir drawings

<p><strong>Morgan Library &amp; Museum, New York</strong></p><p>Famed impressionist painter’s lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic process</p><p>His luminous colours and sensual brushwork adorn countless mugs, posters and tote bags as well as blockbuster <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/exhibition">exhibitions</a>. But the commodification of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/pierre-auguste-renoir">Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a> and his fellow impressionist painters has been missing something.</p><p>Renoir was an accomplished draftsman who produced a distinguished but largely unheralded collection of drawings, pastels, watercolours and prints.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/18/renoir-drawings-exhibition-new-york">Continue reading...</a>