Montblanc – Masters of Art Homage to Pierre-Auguste Renoir – 4810

Throughout history, great artists have expressed the human experience in a universal language of form and beauty. The Montblanc Masters of Art Collection pays tribute to their enduring contribution to the pursuit of perfection in art—a pursuit that Montblanc has always promoted and celebrated. Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the most prominent precursors of modernism, whose sun-drenched paintings laid the foundation for an entire movement: Impressionism. Respectfully paying homage to the pioneering work of this illustrious French Impressionist, Montblanc has created the Masters of Art Homage to Pierre-Auguste Renoir Limited Edition 4810. As if to immortalize Renoir’s presence, the edition is crafted from olive wood and daubed with paint as if torn directly from the artist’s hand. The painter himself likely would not have chosen any other wood, as he loved the old olive trees in his garden in the south of France, to which he dedicated so many paintings. Renoir captured fleeting moments and translated them onto canvas using vibrant colors and rapid brushstrokes. An intriguing detail is the clip, now shaped like two paintbrushes, like those Renoir used to create both the finer details and the larger surfaces of his masterpieces. The cap top is decorated with ultramarine precious resin surrounding the Montblanc emblem. The cap ring is engraved with 1874, the year of the first exhibition of this new generation of artists, the Impressionists. 1874 thus marks the birth of Impressionism as a movement in its own right. The delicate folding fan with two tassels that adorns the handcrafted Au 750 solid gold nib is a tribute to the significance of the fan, an accessory that appears in many of Renoir’s works, especially in many of his insightful portraits of women. As a tribute to the painter’s skill, a delicate Ag 925 sterling silver tip is integrated into the gold-finished cone, allowing for silver-tip sketches.