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A little wonder, every day

How Renoir held a paintbrush

portrait photograph of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1910. Photographer Dornac (Paul Marsan, 1858–1941); public-domain status marked on Wikimedia Commons. Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renoir,_Pierre-Auguste,_by_Dornac,_BNF_Gallica.jpg. Attribution Dornac / BnF Gallica; reused from fact 2319.
Renoir painting *Luncheon of the Boating Party* (1880–1881), public-domain work and reproduction, per Wikimedia Commons file page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre-Auguste_Renoir_-_Luncheon_of_the_Boating_Party.jpeg. Attribution Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Wikimedia Commons; reused from fact 2319.
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portrait photograph of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1910. Photographer Dornac (Paul Marsan, 1858–1941); public-domain status marked on Wikimedia Commons. Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renoir,_Pierre-Auguste,_by_Dornac,_BNF_Gallica.jpg. Attribution Dornac / BnF Gallica; reused from fact 2319.

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Late in life, severe rheumatoid arthritis left Renoir unable to hold a brush himself. His helpers placed it in his clenched hand, which was wrapped in soft cloth to protect his skin. This allowed him to continue painting.