Émile Renouf (23 June 1845 – 4 May 1894) was a French painter and draughtsman of the realism-impressionism school. He studied at the

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and was a pupil of

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and Charles Duran, and first exhibited his works at the Salon de peinture et de sculpture in

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between 1877 and 1881. He received a gold medal at the

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in Paris. He painted marine and peasant themes especially after a trip to the

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. Because of the state of his Paris studio, he built a new atelier in

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where he died. His works are in museums in France,

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, Le Havre,

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and

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Major works

*''Environs de

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, printemps'', 1870 *''Environs de Honfleur, le soir'', 1875 *''Aux environs de Honfleur, l'hiver'', 1877 *''Maison du Haut-du-Vent, à l'embouchure de la Seine'', 1878 *''Lit de rivière dans un vallon'', 1878, oil on canvas *''La veuve de l'

'', 1880, Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper *''Un coup de main'' or ''La main tendue'' (''The Helping Hand''), 1881 *''Après un orage'', 1881 *''Soleil couchant'', 1884 *''Un loup de mer'', 1885 *''En dérive'', 1886 *''Fin du jour'', 1886 *''Les guetteurs'', 1889 * ''Le pont de Brookling'', 1889 *''Pique-nique dans un parc'' *''Bord de rivière'', oil on canvas transferred to wood *', oil on canvas *''Bord de plage'', oil on canvas *''Sur la montre'' (between 1880 and 1890) (inspired a work by

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) *''Après la pluie'', 1876 *''Soleil couchant'', 1876 *''Une vallée dans le

Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.

'', 1877 *''Un sauvetage'', 1883 *''Le pilote'' (''Der Looste''), 1883 *''Paysage (ruisseau)'' (Musée des beaux-arts de Liège) *''Le canal d'

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'', 1892 *''Dernier radoub'', gravure, 1885 *''La partie de pêche'', 1892 *''Chutes du Niagara'', 1893

Examples of his work

File:Emile Renouf La veuve de l'Île de Sein.jpg, ''La veuve de l'Île de Sein'' File:Le canal d'Harfleur Emile Renouf.jpg, ''Le canal d'Harfleur'' (1892) File: Glaspalast München 1883 139.jpg, ''Der Lootse'' (1883) File: Glaspalast München 1891 029a.jpg, ''An der Ankerwinde'' (1883) File:Emile Renouf Un loup de mer.jpg, ''Un loup de mer'' (1885) File:Emile Renouf En dérive.jpg, ''En dérive'' (1886) File:Emile Renouf Les guetteurs.jpg, ''Les guetteurs'' (1889) File:Dernier radoub Emile Renouf.JPG, ''Dernier radoub'', gravure File:The helping hand, by Émile Renouf.jpg, ''La main tendue'' (1881)

References

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