🎂 Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is born (1841)
Where: Limoges, France
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📅 On This Day: February 25
February 25, 1841: Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is born. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 in Limoges, France. As a boy he worked painting pictures on porcelain. He loved painting people dancing and laughing in the sunshine, and his famous Bal du moulin de la Galette hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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- 1951 🏅 The first Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina, bringing together athletes from all across North, Central and South America.
🧠 Question of the day
What did young Renoir paint pictures on?
- Cars
- Leaves
- Porcelain
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Answer: Porcelain
Questions
What happened on February 25?
February 25, 1841: Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is born. It happened in Limoges, France.
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