Renoir
No, he was not a student of Vermeer.
The list would be quite long but here are a few. Albrecht Druer, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Sandro Bottecelli, Tintoretto, Goya, Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Magritte, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman.
Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Vermeer...
* Giotto * Botticelli * Leonardo da Vinci * Michelangelo * Raphael * Velazquez * Rembrandt * Rubens * Vermeer * Watteau * Manet * Monet * Renoir * Matisse * Picasso
Rembrandt's glowing figure emerges from the dark background; Vermeer's figure is depicted in natural light.
Rembrandt, Jan Vermeer, Vincent van Gogh, Piet Mondrian ...
It seems they did not. Vermeer lived in Delft all his life, and was only known locally. Rembrandt lived in Leiden and Amsterdam. With the communications of today it is probable they would have known each other.
J. M. Nash has written: 'The age of Rembrandt and Vermeer; Dutch painting in the seventeenth century' -- subject(s): Dutch Painting, Modern Painting 'The age of Rembrandt and Vermeer' -- subject(s): Dutch Painting
Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer...
"Rembrandt, as we know, painted light in darkness, causing it to glow upon some one object or to bathe another in its waves; Vermeer, on the other hand, loved to paint darkness against light." ― Carl Lemcke
Albert Blankert has written: 'Vermeer' -- subject(s): Painters, Criticism and interpretation, Painting, Biography, Forgeries 'Rembrandt' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Rembrandt school, Influence 'Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), Rembrandt's pupil'
Jerome Bosch, Rembrandt, Jan Vermeer, Piet Mondrian ...