Auguste Renoir  was influenced neither by money nor by fame, he could not tolerate intellectuals and sticklers, but most of all he was afraid that his children would get into business. He appreciated scientific achievements, but was sure that science took the wrong turn: piece production was replaced by the batch one. Renoir didn't care about political regime or ideology – he preferred to remain…

Children are inquisitive. Often, even happy endings of fairy tales do not satisfy them — they keep wondering, ‘And what happened next?’ When they see a portrait of a child, they ask, ‘What happened next to this boy (or girl)?’ We are going to speak of what became of the young characters of famous artistic works. Most of them lived a fortunate, or at least bright, life. Arthive has selected some…

Summer is a wonderful season. Beautiful views are just asking to be painted, especially when the artistic life is very active in the countryside. The old masters purchased nice estates setting up their possessions with love and by their preferences. Let's visit Claude Monet's and Auguste Renoir's villas; we knew these places by pictures and now they have become museums and we have a chance to…