René His was a pupil of Jules Lefebvre, Tony-Robert-Fleury and Henri Biva. He painted mostly landscapes of bodies of water, ponds and rivers and views of Provence and Algeria. He regularly exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, receiving honourable mention in 1898, and honourable mention again with a 3rd class medal in 1900, when he became a member on the occasion of the Exposition Universelle.