Cote and value 2024 of Francis Renaud's sculptures, bronzes and paintings

If you own a work by or based on the work of artist Francis Renaud and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will guide you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Thereafter, if you wish to sell your work, we will guide you towards the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Rating and value of the artist

Little known during his lifetime, Francis Renaud is gradually making his mark on the art market. On today's auction market, Renaud's works continue to command stable prices, particularly for his representations of landscapes, a subject highly prized by Impressionist collectors, but especially for his bronze sculptures. Thus, a work signed Francis Renaud can fetch thousands of euros at auction, as evidenced by his terracotta sculpture Vonnick, adjudged over €6,700 in 2019.

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His work and its market value

Francis Renaud's work is quite hybrid : inspired more by landscapes in his oil paintings, and closer to Impressionism, he uses a variety of techniques and inspirations in his sculptures. The iconography of the butterfly is a recurring theme.

The life of Francis Renaud  

Francis Renaud (1887 - 1973) was a French sculptor.

Born in Saint-Brieuc, he was interested in drawing from childhood and took evening classes at a specialized school. In 1903, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Rennes to continue his training, then the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1905, where he continued to learn painting in the studios of Luc-Olivier Merson and Fernand Cormon.

His studies were interrupted by his military service, but he then resumed sculpture classes at the Beaux-Arts de Paris alongside Jean-Antoine Injalbert.

After fighting under the French flag in the First World War, he returns permanently to Brittany, where he prefers to work.

He exhibits regularly in Paris at various salons.

Francis Renaud's imprint on his period

Francis Renaud is not an artist known for his painting, but has nevertheless won critical acclaim and made a name for himself with his sculptures. Today, some of his works are exhibited in museums, but it is private collectors who preserve most of his work.

His signature

Not all of Francis Renaud's works are signed.

Although there are variations, here is a first example of his signature:

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