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

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Renouf, Emile 1845 births 1894 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters French draughtsmen Académie Julian alumni 19th-century French male artists