The “Masters of Painting” series is one of the significant projects of the White City publishing house. This popular series of superbly illustrated albums (the total number of titles has already exceeded two hundred copies) is dedicated to the work of prominent artists, different styles and movements of fine art. The proposed series is unique for Russia, primarily for its scale and the highest quality of numerous large-format illustrations (the books are printed in Italy). Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Pierre-Auguste Renoir February 25, 1841, Limoges - December 3, 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer) - French painter, graphic artist and sculptor, one of the main representatives of impressionism. Renoir is known primarily as a master of secular portraiture, not devoid of sentimentality; he was the first of the impressionists to gain success among wealthy Parisians. In the mid-1880s. actually broke with impressionism, returning to the linearity of classicism, to Engrism. Father of the famous director Jean Renoir. On the cover: a fragment of the painting The Boatmen's Breakfast (1880–1881) oil on canvas; Washington, Duncan Phillips Gallery.