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Qui était Auguste Renoir ?

Who was Auguste Renoir?

Correct answer

Un peintre impressionniste

An Impressionist painter

Why

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the main Impressionist painters, known for Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876), now at the Musée d'Orsay. In both the official naturalisation and carte de résident knowledge-question lists.

Answer choices

  • AUn peintre impressionnisteAn Impressionist painter
  • BUn sculpteur, auteur du PenseurA sculptor, creator of The Thinker
  • CUn homme politique de la RévolutionA politician of the Revolution
  • DUn écrivain du XVIIe siècleA 17th-century writer