Like Monet, Renoir endured much hardship early in his career, but in the late 1870s he began to achieve success as a portraitist (he was well suited to this work temperamentally, as his shy but friendly personality put sitters at their ease).
His relationship with Monet was particularly close at this time, and their paintings of the beauty spot called La Grenouillère done in 1869 (an example by Renoir is in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) are regarded as the classic early statements of the Impressionist style.
In 1862, having saved enough to pay for professional tuition, he became a pupil in Gleyre's studio there he formed lasting friendships with Monet, Sisley, and Bazille, and with them created the early nucleus of the Impressionist group.
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