25 February

Born in 1841 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor.

Above: Renoir’s Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (1876).

Previously: Renoir

From 1892 until his death in 1919, Renoir suffered from debilitating rheumatoid arthritis. His hands were deformed, his joints damaged, and he was bound to a wheelchair for most of those years.

When Henri Matisse asked Renoir why he persisted painting in the face of such torture, he said, “The pain passes but the beauty remains.”