Alfred Renaudin Watercolor Representing Pierre La Treiche Dated 1904

Watercolor by the well-known painter Alfred RenaudinDepicting the waterfront at Pierre La Treiche (village in Meurthe et Moselle located between Nancy and Toul)Signed and dated 1904 lower right We can see a multitude of details: the reflections of the trees on the waterDimensions of the rosewood frame with brass threads 65cm/55cmShipping possible Information 06 09 03 18 46 or napoliantic@gmail.com Alfred Renaudin (1866 - 1944) was a French landscape painter from La Neuveville-lès-Raon. After the war of 1870, his family moved to Croismare. He began as an apprentice ceramist at the Keller and Guérin earthenware factory in Lunéville. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, then in Paris with Henri Harpignies. From 1890, he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français. He traveled to Africa, Egypt, Spain, Holland, England, and Scotland. In 1899, he received a gold medal. He married Marie Marguerite Zeller in 1901 and settled in Nancy. A plein-air painter, he traveled the Lorraine countryside by bicycle. During the First World War, he took refuge in Fontannes, in Auvergne. After the war, he painted the ruins of Verdun and Gerbéviller. In 1934, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor. He exhibited in Nancy in 1931. His studio was destroyed in 1940, and a fire ravaged his works in Fontannes. He continued to paint until his death in 1944. Alfred Renaudin is particularly known for his expressive landscapes.