Émile Renouf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Renouf

painter

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1845

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-May-1894

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.