Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Filmed Painting at Home (1915) 

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains." - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Yes, the old boy certainly was determined to paint. His struggle is legend. The adhesive tape wraps to cushion the palms of his crippled hands. The pain he endured. And for a long time, the poverty. Yet it was he that sustained Monet and his wife, even as he raised his own large family. This film was made in 1915, not 1919. He was 74. He died in February of 1919. Have you seen the 2012 movie RENOIR by Gilles Bourdos? It’s a sumptuous feast of color and atmosphere. Frustratingly slow as a movie but in every way a marvelous recreation of the Master’s last year of life.

Renoir's intentions as an artist were best summarized by his own words: "The earth as the paradise of the gods: That is what I want to paint."

Amazing he got anything done with so much chatting. This was just before he died. He had severe arthritis in his hands, which you can see. Sure loved to smoke.

I can't believe this...!!! I am watch Renoir in film.

What a wonderful treasure this is! To see a master at work in spite of his affliction. Thank you for sharing, it made my day! Good choice of music as accompaniment.

Incroyable de voir ce grand artiste à l’œuvre.

MERCI POUR LA MISE EN LIGNE...TRÈS APPRÉCIÉ.

Thanks for this, I am crying like a baby

Amazing he could still paint masterpieces with the rheumatism having left his hands in this shape!!!

I love the way he somehow manages to hold the brush and the cigarette in the same hand in spite of the arthritis. I wish we could hear what they are saying.

Yesterday, I saw the Renoir exposition at the Kimbell Gallery. It was amazing to see the actual paint textures made by the greatest artist in history. I will treasure that hour for the rest of my life.

Thank you for this enormous oportunity to see all these masters in time of creation. Regards from Brazil.

Absolutely my favorite. You could see how much he loved women, they were crafted with such joy.

Arthritis slowed him down, but did not stop him. Salut Maitre!

Merci 🙏 Très émouvant…

Thank you for sharing a genius of painting 🖼

Pierre-Auguste Renoir et Amadeo Modigliani Le Maître et Le Modi. C est un moment très émouvant

Awesome. Wish there were more film of him painting and of the other masters as well.

Simply wonderful!

This is one of my favourite films with yours. Remembering me like the Tate Galery, whence my cousin headed in Front of me, I was allmost like staying out... they asked me if I wanted to wear a students ticket (because my family members had bought that one family ticket). But when I met on Degas, old memories went overwhelming. It's beautiful when you one day or two arrived on the original. The most beautiful thanks consists to a Lady in a wheel-chair (electric wheel chair?), her smile was ever be like welcome and is not to be missed.

hi joanne rose never was a truer word spoken - a great artist and wise as well!

Круто заглянуть и увидеть , такой перенос в прошлое , что гораздо лучше современного .

Outstanding footage. Thanks for posting this beautiful gem. And let's not forget Chopin.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful.

veryyyyy precious video.

Quelle émotion! ;-)

Thank you so much !!!!

hi Xherri23 thanks - it is one of my favourite uploads - the music is from the 2nd Movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 cheers! :)

WOW!

Truly a screen gem, thank you.

Ok so it definitely looks like he had arthritis. I can barely see things tied around his hands. That's so amazing.

This is wonderful Ppl need more exchanges like these Would love to know what they were talking about

It seems that the footage was shot in 1915, and released in 1919 by Sacha Guitry? Jean Renoir describes Renoir's struggles to continue painting despite extreme infirmity; but the work of painting seems always, in the sunshine, to be happy. When "the sun was too low, and the shadows were no longer luminous. Then his body got the better of him. His pain would grow sharper....". Jean Renoir notes that his father's last painting was of flowers: "An infection which had developed in his lungs kept him to his room. He asked for his paintbox and brushes, and he painted the anemones which Nenette, our kind-hearted maid, had gone out and gathered for him. For several hours he identified himself with these flowers and forgot his pain." (Renoir, My Father 458) (I agree with the suggestion to play this film at .5 speed, even though this affects the music. The film was probably shot at 16-20 fps, though if the camera was hand-cranked the frame rate would vary. ) Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing this 🦋💗

El muchachito que le ayuda es su hijo Jean Renoir;futuro gran cineasta.🌹🍃🌹🍃👀

Thank u so much for sharing this :3 LOVED IT!!!!!

I don't quite remember this recorded scene. But if given a choice, I would bypass the arthritis part. That was excruciatingly painful... no fun at all. I do have the left eye twitch and some remnants of the arthritis right hand and right hip. I am also an artist now and have "practiced" replicating "woman reading" easy to do. My home has many prints of my paintings. One of my favorites is "luncheon at the boating party" and "two sisters (On the Terrace)" has special meaning to me. But my all time favorite is "Dance at Bougival". An interesting record of my journey.

I adore Renoir.

His son, the great Jean Renoir, is working by his side... wow!

hi Karen glad you like these historic documents they are genuine and made by Sacha Guitry who filmed Renoir, Degas, Rodin and Monet just after the turn of the C20 i believe they are now in the public domain cheers

that real artist, that real art....

Wonderful treasure

BELLISSIMO!!!! MERCI!

Wow, Thanks John for the footage

hi Catherineone yes, it's hard to imagine continuing to paint with such arthritis but then he had i guess the courage to think 'what else i there to do but go on' i suspect it is an oil given the way he is applying the paint? and it would be interesting to have a lip reader of French to be able to reveal what they are talking about, don't you think?

Maravilhoso vídeo! é uma relíquia!..fiquei curioso com o que eles estavam conversando!?

The man that sat down and is talking to him looks like the same guy who is talking to Monet in your other video of Claude Monet...I love Monet and would love to learn more about Renoir...it looks like he has the same problem with his hands that my friend has and she is always in great pain...thanks for the films...

Amazing...

THE MASTER.

Mesmerizing.

Has a lip reader any idea of what is being said?

Fascinating footage

We don't know what he was painting ....but it's so touching.... What was he saying to his family ?can we know it with our new technologies ???Would be great ...

Well , this is Sacha Guitry film, and the Maestro is seen with his son Claude -then 14- , handing him the brushes and arranging the palette… then it would be 1915.

Play this film at 0.5X normal speed in your RU-vid player, this will give apx the correct normal speed, a completely different experience! 🎦

고통은 지나가고 아름다움은 남는다.

wooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!

Yeah , Thx John :)

Eυχαριστώ!!!!!!!!!

what a rock star

Pareil que pour Monet, émouvant, tous des fumeurs invétérés, cela fait sourire aujourd'hui , ce qui serait bien serait que ce morceau du concerto de Chopin ne soit pas utilisé à chaque lecture d'archives de nos grands peintres! Merci en tout cas

2:06 hes looking to us............what a painter......

hola Marybel Galaaz saludos de nuevo a usted! Estoy de acuerdo con usted, tanto por el efecto de él en el impresionismo. ¿has visto el Claude Monet subir?

Wielki Auguste Renoir i Fryderyk Chopin piękne ☺

Excelente ..

amazing, isn't it! :)

I could pick up a few tips on technique if you had been pointing your camera at the canvas :) Seriously, this is a good thing to share. thank you for the upload.

set speed to 0.5

Hello, I am writing to you because I saw this video you posted on, Renoir and others like it on Monet and Degas showing the original footage of the painters in life. I would like to have a contact from him to find out how to find the source or archive from which they can be downloaded or purchased. I'm waiting, Best wishes Erica

He's definitely smoking a joint

Un génie!

The real deal 🖌️

Note his hands just how bad they were. It would have been interesting to see what he was painting, a watercolour ?

this man's a fucking lion.

Beautiful videos and music...so good to watch...does anyone know who the composer is playing the piano in this video ?Thanks for the video's...

はいカラーパレットの感性は、新しいと素晴らしいです

Is this a true piece of film work from that period..they could be silent movie actors.

....be cool to know which painting he is doing in these videos

John, Thanks for sharing these. How did you come to have them? Are they authentic or did actors create them to look like they are from long ago?

hello john, wonderful video. i was wondering if you would be ok with my using it in a presentation at an educational institution re: rheumatoid arthritis.

magnifico video...e splendido accompagnamento, posso sapere che pezzo di Chopin è? Grazie :)

Today it is the 100th anniversary day since Renoir passed away.

Existe el datos de quiénes son las personas que lo acompañan?

Giorgos Ioannidis χαρά μου!

Looks like a lively conversation between Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean Renoir, and _______ ?

This is the year he died yet he seems active, alert, focused, talkative and personable. It would be interesting to know what painting he was working on or whether he was going through the motions for the film. Too bad film had no sound.

The greatest with Monet and van Gogh..

John Hall,.. I wish I knew who wrote that song.

What is the piano piece?

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙😍👍

Can anyone lip read what the people in this are saying? I'm curious to know what they were talking about (big guess, the painting).

Brilliant man, and yet, ... he is breathing smoke. Counter-intuitive.

Is it known what he was painting here--which piece it is?

More like “Renoir smoking while trying desperately to impress his sycophants with how great he is.”

velho ranzinza hahahaha @@ old haughty haha

Hi John, Can you give me your contact please? I want to use this video and i need to know how can i do it :) Thank you! Heloisa

What was he painting? A Bather?

It seems his fingers are having Arthritis , he has problem holding the Brushes .

هوالي قاعد جمبه ده بيكاسو