Bidspirit auction | RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919)

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) - RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist artist. A brief A.L.S., Renoir , to the verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name ( ´Pierre Renoir ´) to the centre and with address at Rue Caulaincourt (Paris) to the base, n.p. (Paris?), n.d., in French. Renoir writes, in full, ´ Prière a madame Franck-Lancey (?) de donner la biciclette à Mr. Dorival´ (Translation: ´ Please ask Mrs Franck-Lancey (?) to give the bicycle to Mr Dorival´ ). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG In the present letter Renoir is most likely to be referring to the French actor Georges Dorival (1871-1939) who was also a painter and art collector. Renoir and Dorival maintained a long friendship, despite their 30-year age difference, and the actor was portrayed by the painter in 1900 in a work entitled Dorival comme le bourgeois gentilhomme.