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A leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a celebrator of beauty, and especially of feminine sensuality. He was a prolific artist who created thousands of paintings with a warmth and passion that made his work some of the most well-known and frequently reproduced paintings in the history of art.
William H. Fredlund, the Director of the Institute, obtained his B.A. and M.A. from UCLA, where he specialized in European history and art history. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and completed a double Ph.D. in history and humanities at Stanford, specializing in Renaissance Italy. Dr. Fredlund has taught for UCLA, the University of Florence, Stanford, and UCSC Extension.
