Throughout the three storied home, there are numerous original paintings, and sculptures. An upstairs studio holds a partially completed painting of flowers which Renoir worked on, in bed, the day he died. Renoir's paintings of this period are lush and warmly executed in reds and oranges, deep blues and greens. He painted landscapes, flowers, his children, friends, the model Gabrielle, and the rounded, sumptuous, young nudes for which he is well known. Numerous black and white photographs throughout the home reveal Renoir's severe disabilities.
White tape encircles each fist and a paint brush sticks out.
Renoir broke his arm, and the accompanying pain gradually turned into to a crippling, painful disability which spread to his legs, and finally deformed his hands. Renoir enjoyed juggling and billiards because they exercised his hands, enabling him to paint. However he repeatedly refused medical interventions that would take time away from his painting and particularly disliked walking exercises. If I have to choose between walking and painting, I'd rather paint. Towards the end, his thinness, and skin wounds put him in constant pain.