| 1896 | Death of his mother. His enthusiasm for Wainer wanes after a trip to Bayreuth. Lives in the Rue do La Rochefoucauld. Exhibits at Durand-Ruel's. |
| 1897 | Summer at Berneval, then at Essoyes, where he break his arm. |
| 1898 | Stays at Berneval, then at Essoyes, where he buys a house. First severe attack of arthritis in December. |
| 1899 | Winter at Cagnes, near Cannes. Rents a house at Saint-Cloud, near Paris, for the summer, then takes a cure at Aix-les-Bains. |
| | 1899 Death of Sisley. |
| 1900 | Winter at Magagnosc, near Grasse. Summer at Louveciennes and Essoyes. Takes part in the large scale art exhibition at the Paris World's Fair. |
| 1901 | Winter at Magagnosc. Birth of his third son, Claude, nicknamed Coco. Another course of treatment at Aix-les-Bains. |
| 1902 | Settles at Le Cannot, near Cannes. |
| 1903 | Winter at Le Cannot, then he moves back to Cagnes, living in the Malson de la Poste. Summer at Essoyes. |
| | 1903 Founding of the Salon d'Automne. |
| 1904 | Course of treatment at Bourbonne-les-Bains. Retrospective Exhibition of Renoir's work at the Salon d'Automne. |
| 1905- 1909 | His arthritis grows worse. Settles for good at Cagnes, where he buys a plot of ground known as "Lee Collettes" and builds a house. Visits Essoyes and Paris each summer. |
| | 1906 Death of Cézanne. |
| 1910 | His health taking a turn for the better, he makes a trip to Munich. |
| 1912 | Partially paralyzed and confined to a wheel chair, he paints with the brush strapped to his hand. |
| 1914- 1915 | His two sons Pierre and Jean are both badly wounded early in the war. Death of Madame Renoir. |
| 1919 | After summering at Essoyes, he visits the Louvre in his wheel chair, where he watches the hanging of his own "Portrait of Madame Charpentier" and sees Veronese's "Marriage at Cana," thus fulfilling a long-felt desire. He died at Cagnes on December 3. |