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Author Lemonnier, Jak, artist.

Title Renoir : father and son / Jak Lemonnier, [artist] ; Eddy Simon, [author] ; preface by Jacques Renoir ; translated by Jeremy Melloul.

Publication Info. New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2020.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  GRAPHIC NOVEL RENOIR    Check Shelf
Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note Translated from the French.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Art is a family matter for the Renoirs. The path is carved by Pierre-Auguste, the painter who along with Monet, Cezanne, Degas was at the origin of the impressionist movement and continues with Jean, the poetic avant-garde filmmaker. Indisputably one of the masters of French painting of the 19th century, Pierre-Auguste fathered one of the greatest cineastes of the twentieth century in Jean Renoir. From the father's paintings to the son's films, the artist affiliation reveals a similar pursuit, and a single source of inspiration: an ode to freedom finding its origins in a profound humanity and love of reality. Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir, father and son, each marked the history of art--through painting for Pierre-Auguste and film for Jean, with the common thread of a desire to transcribe reality. This graphic novel tells the story of the intertwined lives of these two creators who always sought to draw their inspiration from the 'spectacle of life'. But behind their art, there is also the story of the filiation between an old man who is slowly losing his strength and a young man seeking to make his own mark. In fact, it is not until after his father's death that Jean began his career as a filmmaker and contributed some of the greatest films to the history of the movies: The Grand Illusion, The River, and The Rules of the Game. In 1975 he received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement for his body of his work."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Painters -- France -- Biography.
Painters -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Fathers and sons -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919. (OCoLC)fst00035631
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979. (OCoLC)fst00031256
Motion picture producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst01027225
Painters. (OCoLC)fst01050530
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Genre/Form Biographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921595
Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
Biographical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Added Author Simon, Eddy, 1968- author.
Melloul, Jeremy, translator.
Renoir, Jacques, writer of preface.
ISBN 9781643131962 (hardback)
1643131966 (hardback)
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