Auguste Renoir - Gabrielle Jean and a little girl 1895

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Gabrielle Renard developed a strong bond with the infant, Jean Renoir, that would last throughout their lives. She introduced him to the Guignol puppet shows that were held in the Montmartre. Gabrielle was fascinated by the new motion picture invention and when Jean Renoir was only a few years old, Gabrielle took him to see his first film. He became a renowned film maker.
During the final years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's life he suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis, but continued to paint with her help. When the family moved to a farm at Cagnes-sur-Mer near the Mediterranean coast, seeking a better climate for Renoir's arthritis, Gabrielle moved with them. While he worked in the studio at "Les Collettes," Gabrielle would place the paint brush between his crippled fingers.

The acrobat Miss La La caused a sensation when she performed at the Cirque
Fernando in Paris. Here she is shown suspended from the rafters of the circus
dome by a rope clenched between her teeth. Edgar Degas sought out such
striking modern subjects, concentrating on figures in arresting poses. In January
1879 he make a series of drawings at the Cirque Fernando including a pastel
study of Miss La La - art-Degas.com

Absinthe may have significantly contributed to Van Gogh's poor health.
When he lived in Paris, absinthe was a popular drinks among artists.
Paul Signac commented that Van Gogh drank steadily drinks of brandy
following drinks of absinthe. By the time Van Gogh left Paris he was in
very poor health and known to say to a friend that drinking and smoking
left him "seriously sick at heart and in body and nearly an alcoholic."
- art-vanGogh.com

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Auguste Renoir 1841-1919