René Schützenberger

René Schützenberger (Mulhouse, 1860 – Paris, 1916) was a French painter associated with Post-Impressionism. Born into an Alsatian family of businessmen linked to the beer company that bears their name, he trained in the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian in Paris. His father was the chemist Paul Schützenberger, and among his relatives was the painter Louis-Frédéric Schützenberger.

He first exhibited at the Salon des artistes français in 1889, and later at the Salon des Indépendants and the Société nationale des beaux-arts. He received an honourable mention at the 1897 Salon and at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition. He worked in oil and drawing, producing portraits, nudes and landscapes, and he was drawn to scenes of everyday life and intimate interiors. His drawings recall a Japanese manner close to that of the Nabis.

Among his works are Devant la fenêtre (1887), La Femme en blanc (1895), La Bataille (1909), La Partie de dés (1910) and Le Parfum (1914), as well as a series of views of Bruges shown at the Salon des Indépendants in 1906. His output traces a path from the academic training he received toward the modern currents of the early twentieth century.