Ever since he was young, the painter Henri Matisse used to visit the great Renoir at his atelier every week.
When Renoir was crippled with arthritis, Matisse began to visit him daily, taking food, paint brushes and paint, always trying to convince the master that he worked too hard and needed to rest a little.
One day, noting that each brush stroke made Renoir groan in pain, Matisse couldn’t stay silent:
“Great master, your work is already vast and important. Why continue to torture yourself that way?”
“Very simple,” Renoir answered. “Beauty remains; pain ends up passing.”
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French artiste who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.