Claude Monet referred to him: "As a surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye".
Among Robert Antoine Pynchons' important works are a series of paintings of the River Seine, mostly around Rouen and landscapes depicting places in or near Upper Normandy.
Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School- l'École de Rouen.
He was consistent throughout his career in his dedication to painting landscapes en plein air.