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Re⋅noir

[ren-wahr, ren-wahr; Fr. ruh-nwar]
–noun
1. Jean [zhahn] , 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
2. his father, Pierre Au⋅guste [pyer oh-gyst] , 1841–1919, French painter.
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Ren·oir   (rən-wär')   
French filmmaker who won acclaim for the artistry of films such as La Grande Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game (1939).
Renoir, Pierre Auguste 1841-1919.  
French impressionist painter whose warm, luminous works include Child with Watering Can (1876) and Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881).
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