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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919 · Impressionism
The club deal
- Status
- Fundraising open
- Minimum per member
- USD 100,000 (US residents: USD 200,000 individuals, USD 1,000,000 entities)
- Fundraising target
- 5,000,000 USD
- Selection window
- 12 months, with return of the capital if no suitable work is found
- Vehicle
- a dedicated SPV for this artist
- Expected exit
- between 3 and 7 years, through auction or private sale
How the club deal for each artist works · Costs
If no suitable work is found within 12 months, the capital paid in is returned.
Price range of the works the club looks for
from 1,000,000 to 30,000,000 USD (1-30 million for major paintings)
Market liquidity: high
Biography
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in Limoges in 1841, was a founding Impressionist whose scenes of Parisian leisure, such as Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876) and Luncheon of the Boating Party, defined the movement's image of modern life. From the 1880s he moved toward firmer drawing and, in his late years at Cagnes-sur-Mer, toward monumental nudes and bathers. He was extremely prolific, with several thousand paintings, so his works appear at auction in every price band and in every major sale season. For the market Renoir is a highly liquid but price-tiered name: important 1870s canvases command tens of millions, while late works trade far lower. His record remains Bal du moulin de la Galette, sold for 78.1 million dollars in 1990.
Auction record
78,100,000 USD: Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876, Sotheby's, New York, 1990-05-17 (source)
Recent auction results
- 28,230,000 USD: La femme aux lilas (portrait de Nini Lopez), 1876-77, Christie's, New York, 2026-05-18 (source)
- 10,400,000 USD: Baigneuse, 1891, Christie's, New York, 2025-11-17 (source)
Market data: public auction results with date, auction house and source, the same data as Unicorn Art Watch.
Museums
- Musée d'Orsay, Parigi
- Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
- Musée de l'Orangerie, Parigi
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
- Phillips Collection, Washington
Sources
- Wikipedia, List of most expensive paintings
- Wikipedia, Bal du moulin de la Galette
- HENI News, Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale, maggio 2026
- The Art Newspaper, Christie's Newhouse e 20th century, maggio 2026
- The Art Newspaper, Christie's 20th century, novembre 2025
- The Art Newspaper, collezione Blaquier-Arrieta, settembre 2026
- Sotheby's, pagina artista Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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