Pierre August Renoir was born at Limoges on February 25, 1841. In 1892, he did his first lithograph, a portrait of his son Pierre. In 1894, he met Ambroise Vollard; who played an important part in the production of Renoir's and Cezanne's color prints. Both artists were so preoccupied with painting that far too often they drew the designs for their lithographs on transfer paper and merely watercolored the first proof to show the printer the shades they wanted. Renoir was more interested in lithography than in engraving on copper. In about 1912, Renoir's rheumatism became aggravated to the point where he was force to forego engraving and had to tie a brush to his hand so that he could paint right up the day of his death.
 

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