Jules Ernest Renoux
Jules Alphonse Ernest Renoux (* 5. May 1863 in Romeny-sur-Marne , in Aisne in northern France; † 9. June 1932 ) was a French painter of Impressionism .
Renoux was the son of Jules Alphonse Renoux and Ernestine Veron. He showed a talent for drawing from an early age. As a child he came to Paris with his mother , while his father left his family to fight in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Renoux studied painting at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alfred Philippe Roll .
While still a student, Renoux worked for Roll on the ceiling paintings of the Hôtel de Ville , the Sorbonne and the Petit Palais .
Count Michel de Zogheb, known in Paris, became a patron of Renoux; he ordered his portrait from him and bought several of the artist's works. The industrialist Auguste Magnère also supported the artist. Renoux's works, exhibited at the Georges Bernheim gallery in Paris in 1916, brought him considerable success. Since 1922 Renoux exhibited in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français .
He portrayed La Belle Otéro , among others .
Despite his mother's displeasure, Renoux married Berthe Madeleine in 1895, who later often served as his model.
literature
- Ernest Renoux, 1863-1932. Maison Renoux. Château-Thierry 1995
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renoux, Jules Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Renoux, Jules Alphonse Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French impressionist landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romeny-sur-Marne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1932 |
| Place of death | Romeny-sur-Marne |