Émile Renouf
Émile Renouf appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as an “artists (visual artists)”, “engravers (printmakers)”, “genre artists”, “painters (artists)” and “printmakers” (23 June 1845 – 4 May 1894).
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Life
Émile Renouf was born on 23 June 1845; the birthplace is recorded as Paris (France) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and as Paris by the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Émile Renouf died on 4 May 1894; the place of death is recorded as Le Havre (Seine-Maritime, France) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and as Le Havre by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Documentary basis
11 admitted statements, read from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names, support this entry. Terms kept in the language of the source: artists (visual artists), engravers (printmakers), genre artists, painters (artists), printmakers.
Source article continuity
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painter
draughtsman
Émile Renouf (23 June 1845 – 4 May 1894) was a French painter and draughtsman of the realism-impressionism school.
1877
1881
He studied at the Académie Julian and was a pupil of Gustave Boulanger, Jules Lefebvre and Charles Duran, and first exhibited his works at the Salon de peinture et de sculpture in Paris between 1877 and 1881.
1889
He received a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris.
He painted marine and peasant themes especially after a trip to the Île de Sein.
Because of the state of his Paris studio, he built a new atelier in Le Havre where he died.
His works are in museums in France, Amiens, Le Havre, Rouen, Liège and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Painter
1870
Environs de Honfleur, printemps, 1870
1875
Environs de Honfleur, le soir, 1875
Aux environs de Honfleur, l'hiver, 1877
1878
Maison du Haut-du-Vent, à l'embouchure de la Seine, 1878
Lit de rivière dans un vallon, 1878, oil on canvas
1880
La veuve de l'Île de Sein, 1880, Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper
Un coup de main or La main tendue (The Helping Hand), 1881
Après un orage, 1881
1884
Soleil couchant, 1884
1885
Un loup de mer, 1885
1886
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
Personnages sur la plage, oil on canvas
Bord de plage, oil on canvas
1890
Sur la montre (between 1880 and 1890) (inspired a work by George Emerick Essig)
1876
Après la pluie, 1876
Soleil couchant, 1876
Une vallée dans le Finistère, 1877
1883
Un sauvetage, 1883
Le pilote (Der Looste), 1883
Paysage (ruisseau) (Musée des beaux-arts de Liège)
1892
Le canal d'Harfleur, 1892
Dernier radoub, gravure, 1885
La partie de pêche, 1892
1893
Chutes du Niagara, 1893
What the sources state
Award: Émile Renouf is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
(Wikidata, structured authority record: Émile Renouf)
Education: Émile Renouf is recorded as having studied at Académie Julian.
Nationality: Émile Renouf is recorded with the citizenship of France.
Occupation: Émile Renouf is recorded as painter.
Identity: Émile Renouf is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier.
Documentary basis
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