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Renoir, restored for print
Renoir's copyrights ran out across most of the world by the end of 1989. We restore his paintings from archival scans and sell them as 750+ finished prints in four formats — the deepest catalogue we run. Twelve works, chosen and annotated by the studio, are below.
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The icons, restored
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876
A Sunday crowd under the acacias of a Montmartre dance garden. The picture lives in its violet shadows — most circulating files muddy them to grey, and getting that blue back is most of the work.
Montmartre · four formats
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Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–81
The girl cooing at her terrier is Aline Charigot, who would become Madame Renoir. Every colour on the terrace reflects off that white tablecloth, so the white has to stay truly white — here it does.
Chatou · four formats
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Dance at Bougival, 1883
The dancer in the red bonnet is usually identified as Suzanne Valadon, a painter in her own right. The swirl of the pink skirt needs clean edges to carry at print size — down to the spent matches and the posy dropped on the floor.
Bougival · four formats
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Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881
Painted on the same riverside terrace as the Boating Party — and the models were not sisters at all. The basket of wool is the test strip: a dozen saturated balls that clot together in tired copies and separate cleanly here.
Chatou · four formats
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A Girl with a Watering Can, 1876
A gravel path, a green watering can, and lace painted with unusual patience. The cobalt of the dress slides toward navy in most files; recovered, it is a true daylight blue against the roses.
High Impressionism · four formats
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The Swing, 1876
Same Montmartre garden, same summer as the Moulin de la Galette. The blotches of sunlight on the path scandalised critics in 1877 — they are the first thing we protect when the picture is brought back.
Montmartre · four formats
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Deeper into the catalogue
Six more, in the order he painted them — Montmartre to Cagnes.
La Grenouillère, 1869
Renoir set his easel next to Monet's at this Seine bathing spot in the summer of 1869, and the pictures they made are where Impressionism is usually said to begin. The water has to keep its silver, not slide into grey.
Croissy-sur-Seine · four formats
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Pont Neuf, Paris, 1872
Renoir's brother Edmond stalled passers-by on the bridge with small talk so each figure could be set down before it moved on. A noon picture — if the cream of the pavement cools, the whole day goes with it.
Paris · four formats
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The Theatre Box (La Loge), 1874
Hung at the very first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. The blacks are the painting — striped satin that must hold its sheen and depth without flattening, which is precisely where ordinary reproductions give up.
Paris · four formats
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The Skiff (La Yole), 1875
An orange boat on cobalt water — two complementary colours asked to do all the work. If either one drifts, the picture dies; both hold here, down to the pink reflections of the rower's dress.
High Impressionism · four formats
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By the Seashore, 1883
Painted in the studio after his Guernsey autumn, the coast remembered rather than observed. The face carries his new post-Italy precision while the sea behind stays loose Impressionism — one canvas, both Renoirs.
Ingres period · four formats
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Young Girls at the Piano, 1892
Commissioned by the French state in 1892, and Renoir rehearsed the scene across several canvases before letting this one go. The interior runs from candle-gold to honey, and keeping those yellows apart is the whole task.
Pearly period · four formats
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The rest of the room
The works above are a taste — the catalogue holds 750+ Renoir works. Browse it by subject:
Choosing a format
Rolled poster
The cheapest way in — pick it if you already own a frame or want one chosen for the room, not the shipment.
Framed paper
Arrives ready to hang, glass over paper — the classic museum-print look, and the safest default for most rooms.
Stretched canvas
No glass, no glare — texture close to a painting's, and a natural fit for painterly surfaces.
Framed canvas
The canvas texture with a finished edge — the most furniture-like of the four, and the largest sizes live here.
Prices vary by size and format; every listing shows all options in your own currency. Undecided? Ourprint format guidecompares the four honestly.
From the journal
Why is this work free to print in the first place?Renoir and the public domain — the full guide →