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Rheumatoid arthritis deformed Pierre-Auguste Renoir's hands so badly he could no longer grip. He kept painting for another twenty years, with brushes placed into his bandaged fingers.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)

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By his sixties the disease had fused and twisted his joints, and he needed help to move. Assistants wrapped his hands and set a brush between his fingers so he could work by moving his whole arm and shoulder. He painted almost daily until the year he died, and in his last decade also took up sculpture, directing an assistant's hands to shape what he could no longer model himself. Asked why he continued through the pain, he is said to have replied that the pain passes, but the beauty remains.

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Romatoid artrit, Pierre-Auguste Renoir'ın ellerini öyle bozdu ki artık kavrayamıyordu. Sargılı parmaklarına fırça yerleştirilerek yirmi yıl daha resim yaptı.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Altmışlı yaşlarında hastalık eklemlerini kaynatıp bükmüştü ve hareket için yardıma ihtiyacı vardı. Asistanları ellerini sarıp parmaklarının arasına fırça yerleştiriyordu; böylece tüm kolunu ve omzunu hareket ettirerek çalışabiliyordu. Öldüğü yıla dek neredeyse her gün resim yaptı ve son on yılında, artık kendi biçimlendiremediğini bir asistanın ellerini yönlendirerek şekillendirdiği heykele de başladı. Acıya rağmen neden sürdürdüğü sorulduğunda, acının geçtiğini ama güzelliğin kaldığını söylediği aktarılır.

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