René Rimbert (September 19, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a French painter. His work is often associated with Naïve art but has influences from Neorealism, Post- and Neo-impressionism and Dutch Golden Age painting.

Rimbert was born in Paris. His father was a gilder and picture framer. He grew up in the Montparnasse - Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of Paris. As a child and teenager he was involved in music, drawing and painting and reading. His father encouraged him to enter the French Postal administration.

The young postal clerk continued to pursue his artistic interests until World War I, when he was enlisted and joined the general military staff, first as a telegraph operator and then as a draughtsman. When the war ended he ...