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 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. 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.
Major works Environs de Honfleur, 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'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 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 Finistère, 1877 Un sauvetage, 1883 Le pilote (Der Looste), 1883 Paysage (ruisseau) (Musée des beaux-arts de Liège) Le canal d'Harfleur, 1892 Dernier radoub, gravure, 1885 La partie de pêche, 1892 Chutes du Niagara, 1893
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