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	"Large Victorious Venus "(1915-16) Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Date 1915-16 Materials/ Techniques bronze Size 187.9 x 127 x 95 cm

While Renoir enhanced his reputation both in name and reality, in the following year he completed the painting "Girl beside a Fountain," he had the first attack of articular rheumatism, and had been suffering from the pain throughout his life. The creative urge of Renoir, however, was never on the wane. He started to produce sculpture from 1903, with the assistance of a sculptor.
Renoir was in his mid70s, when he created the "Large Victorious Venus." This large statue of more than two meters including its square base, shows the female's richness and healthiness as in his paintings, in an overwhelming volume. We tend to have a gentle impression towards Renoir who painted charming girls and elegant females. Yet if you face this sculpture, you may finally realize the fact that the painter determined to keep on painting enduring his pain of rheumatism.