André Renoux

Place de la Contrescarpe à Paris

Circa 1980

Andre Renoux (1939 -2002) Andre Renoux was a French artist whose paintings and lithographs captured the charm of Old Paris.He attended the Beaux Arts School of Art in Nice, moving to Paris at the age of 25, where his works immediately attracted the attention of collectors and gallery owners.The “father” of the Paris School of Urban Realism, the most credentialed Urban Realist (and one of the most respected in Europe). Renoux was known as the peintre-poete (painter-poet) for the beauty of his images. Making Paris uniquely his own, he captured its history and soul.1990Order of the “Auberge Ravoux”canvas by La Maison de VAN GOGH in Auvers-sur-Oise. This canvas will be photographed by many American and Japanese magazines and newspapers1991Cover of a guide about France published by Stockholm Tourism Office RHÔNE-POULENC orders an original canvasExhibition in Paris1993The City of Paris organises a Renoux exhibition at l’Orangerie de Bagatelle, under the patronage of Monsieur Alain Juppé1995Exhibitions in San Francisco, Boston (U.S.A.)and Sao Paulo (BRESIL)1996The Art Group (LONDRES) publishes posters and post cards1997Exhibition in New York (U.S.A.)1998Exhibitions in Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans (U.S.A.)1999Exhibitions in New York and Chicago (U.S.A.)2010Exhibition at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris from the 19th October2012Exhibition at the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park ( Florida )From May 22th to September 23th