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The most expensive Renoir ever sold

The most expensive Renoir ever sold is Bal du moulin de la Galette: $78.1 million at Sotheby's New York in 1990. That is a different version from the one in a public collection. Famous works such as Luncheon of the Boating Party, Two Sisters and A Girl with a Watering Can are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1841–1919
From
French
Movement
Impressionism
Worked in
Paris · Cagnes-sur-Mer
Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir's record$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990

Renoir's famous works and their prices

  • Luncheon of the Boating Party1881 · The Phillips Collection, WashingtonNot for sale
  • Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste RenoirBal du moulin de la Galette1876 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • Two Sisters by Pierre-Auguste RenoirTwo Sisters1881 · Art Institute of ChicagoNot for sale
  • A Girl with a Watering Can by Pierre-Auguste RenoirA Girl with a Watering Can1876 · National Gallery of Art, WashingtonNot for sale
  • Dance at Bougival by Pierre-Auguste RenoirDance at Bougival1883 · Museum of Fine Arts, BostonNot for sale
  • The Umbrellas by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Umbrellas1886 · National Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • La Loge by Pierre-Auguste RenoirLa Loge1874 · The Courtauld Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • Girls at the Piano by Pierre-Auguste RenoirGirls at the Piano1892
  • The Swing by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Swing1876 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children by Pierre-Auguste RenoirMadame Georges Charpentier and Her Children1878 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNot for sale
  • The Large Bathers by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Large Bathers1884–1887 · Philadelphia Museum of ArtNot for sale
  • Lise with a Parasol by Pierre-Auguste RenoirLise with a Parasol1867 · Museum Folkwang, EssenNot for sale
  • Diana by Pierre-Auguste RenoirDiana1867
  • Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers by Pierre-Auguste RenoirPortrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers1880 · Foundation E.G. Bührle, Kunsthaus ZürichNot for sale
  • By the Seashore by Pierre-Auguste RenoirBy the Seashore1883
  • The Skiff (La Yole) by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Skiff (La Yole)1875 · National Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • Nude in the Sunlight by Pierre-Auguste RenoirNude in the Sunlightc. 1876
  • Girl with a Hoop by Pierre-Auguste RenoirGirl with a Hoop1885
  • Oarsmen at Chatou by Pierre-Auguste RenoirOarsmen at Chatou1879
  • The Bathers by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Bathers1918–1919

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Renoir next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  2. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  3. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022
  4. Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021
  5. Renoir$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990
  6. Rubens$76.7MMassacre of the Innocents · 2002
  7. Manet$65.1MLe Printemps · 2014
  8. Caillebotte$53MJeune homme à sa fenêtre · 2021
  9. Raphael$47.9MHead of an Apostle, black chalk study for the Transfiguration · 2012

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Renoir's record: guinnessworldrecords.com.

About Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French Impressionist celebrated for luminous, joyful scenes of Parisian leisure and a sensuous treatment of the figure. A founder of the movement, he later broke from it toward a more classical, structured manner. Works like "Bal du moulin de la Galette" capture dappled light and sociable warmth. He kept painting despite crippling arthritis until his death in 1919.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Renoir ever sold?

Bal du moulin de la Galette, which sold for $78.1 million at Sotheby's New York in 1990. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Renoir painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $78.1 million for Bal du moulin de la Galette. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Renoir's paintings?

Among the works here: The Phillips Collection, Washington, the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Who was Pierre-Auguste Renoir?

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919). French Impressionist celebrated for luminous, joyful scenes of Parisian leisure and a sensuous treatment of the figure. A founder of the movement, he later broke from it toward a more classical, structured manner. Works like "Bal du moulin de la Galette" capture dappled light and sociable warmth. He kept painting despite crippling arthritis until his death in 1919.

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