youtu.be/_V62aT_K8Zw This rare footage from 1915 recalls Rene - TopicsExpress



          

youtu.be/_V62aT_K8Zw This rare footage from 1915 recalls Rene Gimpels diary entries reflecting on his visits to his old friend and leading painter of French Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, as detailed in Diary of an Art Dealer. His hands crippled by severe rheumatoid arthritis, Renoir tied paintbrushes to his hands with ribbons. Once asked by Henri Matisse why he kept on painting, Renoir replied, The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:52:31 +0000

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