Alfred RENAUDIN (1866-1944). - Lot 137

Alfred RENAUDIN (1866-1944). "Battlefield of Gerbeviller". Oil on canvas Signed lower right Dated August-September 1914. H_73 L_50 cm Label: Champ de bataille de Gerbéviller 1st plan: the graves of the 2nd Battalion (2nd BCP) 2nd plan: The town of GERBEVILLER 3rd plan: In the background, the heights of the Grand Couronne de Nancy Provenance -Collection of Monsieur L'abbé CHOUX, former curator of the Musée Lorrain. Alfred Renaudin (1866-1944) was a French painter and ceramist from Lorraine, known for his realistic landscapes and his deep sensitivity to light and nature. Born in Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, he first studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, where he was influenced by the teaching of Émile Friant and the regional artistic movement inspired by nature and Lorraine's heritage. Renaudin devoted much of his work to depicting the countryside, villages and rivers of eastern France, particularly the Meurthe, Moselle and Nancy regions. His style, with its attentive, poetic naturalism, is in line with the landscape painters of the XIXᵉ century, but with a more intimate touch: he seeks above all to translate the atmosphere and light specific to each season. In parallel with his career as a painter, he created ceramic decors and panels for factories, notably the Lunéville earthenware factory, where his sense of drawing and composition worked wonders. During the First World War, he was deeply affected by the destruction of his native region, which gave some of his works a more melancholy tone. After the war, he continued to paint peaceful landscapes, testifying to his unshakeable attachment to the land of Lorraine. Source: Monsieur Robert Letterier - artlorrain.com