Renoir painted his whole life long, down to his very last day. He painted a little still life of fruit, in bed, the day before he died.

Henri Matisse

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Matisse, Henri. Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview. Interview with Pierre Courthion, edited by Serge Guilbaut, translated by Chris Miller, Getty Publications, 2013, p. 90.

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