This short story is included in the collection “Alive in Shape and Color – 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired” by Lawrence Block. This specific story is based on the painting by August Renoir “Bouquet of Chrysanthemums” (1881) (no description needed). Knowing he will die soon, a man realises he has a single regret, a fraud surrounding a painting by Renoir, and he tries to make up for it. The plot takes us into Renoir’s life for a little glimpse of France. A touching end of life.
“No pill he said. Nothing to be done. Maybe see a show. And maybe write some letters. He told me what people regretted most were the things they didn’t say.”