Renoir Av Eddy Simon

<B>Through the captivating pages of this new graphic novel, discover the intertwined destinies of a father and son in search of truth through art.</B><BR><BR>“Reality is always magical.” —Jean Renoir, 1957<BR><BR> Art is a family matter for the Renoirs. The path is carved by Pierre-Auguste, the painter who along with Monet, Cézanne, 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.<BR><BR> Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir, father and son, each marked the history of art—through painting for Pierre-August