Houses in a Park (Maisons dans un parc)
c. 1911
Look closely at those loose, dancing brushstrokes—Renoir painted this lush landscape around 1911, when severe rheumatoid arthritis had severely deformed his hands. Despite the agonizing pain, he continued to create vibrant Impressionist scenes, often having assistants tie brushes to his fingers with cloth so he could keep painting. The way the red-roofed houses and that charming blue-turreted building peek through the fuzzy, green foliage shows his lifelong obsession with capturing light and color, proving that his artistic spirit was far stronger than his physical limitations.
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