Henri Renard - Oil On Canvas Circa 1960

French Cafe, oil painting on canvas by Henri Renard, signed lower left, framed, circa 1960 France. Painting professionally packed between two boards of hardboard, bubble wrap and reinforced cardboard. Size: 72 x 83 cm

His talent manifested itself while still in elementary school. It was already then and there that he felt his vocation was to become an artist.
After elaborate art schooling, he moved into the circle of the later Montmartre impressionists and stayed with them ever since.
He developed a style of his own over the years which is very forceful and met with a wide reception in the art world. His style is very identifiable, his colors and composition sets him apart from other scene painters of the Paris school. He illustrated contemporary Paris life from the 1940s on