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Émile Munier

French painter

Émile Munier (2 June 1840 – 29 June 1895) was a French academic artist and student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Biography

Émile Munier was born in Paris on 2 June 1840 and lived with his family at 66 rue des Fossés, St. Marcel. His father, Pierre François Munier, was an artist upholsterer at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins and his mother, Marie Louise Carpentier, was a polisher in a cashmere cloth mill.[1] Émile and his two brothers, François and Florimond, were talented artists and each spent some time at the Gobelins.[1] At the factory Abel Lucas trained Munier as a draughtsman[2] and he developed a close relationship with Lucas and his family, eventually marrying Lucas' daughter, Henriette,[1] in 1861.[2] In 1867, Henriette gave birth to a son, Emile Henri. Six weeks after the birth, having contracted severe rheumatism, Henriette died prematurely.[1] Sargine Augrand, a student of Lucas and a close friend of Émile and Henriette (before she died), caught Émile's

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Emile Munier (1840 - 1895)
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Pupil of:  A. Lucas and Bouguereau

Emile Munier isa French painter, born in Paris, and a pupil of A. Lucas and Bouguereau,whose light and fanciful allegorial pictures enjoy an immense popularity. Theyalways tell their story clearly, and with a pleasantly humorous touch to it, arewell conceived and graceful in drawing, and agreeable in color. His "Cupid Disarmed" isan instance in point, possessing as it does all the qualities which have rendered the artist a favorite with the public. Venus, at sport with her tricksyoffspring, has playfully deprived him of the weapons of which he makessuch extensive and often wanton and mischievous use, and laughs at his ineffectual efforts to recoverthem. Cupid deprived of his weapon is, indeed, rendered harmless, but the time has yet to come when thegoddess will actually execute her threat, and convert her jest to earnest.

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Emile Munier Biography | Oil Paintings

Emile Munier received his artistic training while working at the Gobelins tapestry factory, where to design tapestry he needed to learn, drawing, painting, anatomy, and perspective. During the 1860s, Émile Munier received three medals at the Beaux-Arts, and in 1869 he had his first exhibit at the Paris Salon. He left the Gobelins in 1871 to become a full-time painter and also teacher. He became a great supporter of the Academic ideals and a follower of William Bouguereau, he liked Bouguereau's subject matter and the young Munier would paint in a similar style. The pair became close friends and Munier frequently visited Bouguereau's studio, and he would call him by the nickname "Le sage Munier".

In 1885 he again exhibited at the Paris Salon, the oil painting Trois Amis (Three Friends). The painting, featuring a chubby girl playing on her bed with her pets, was extremely popular and successful, being reproduced in many forms and used for publicity posters by Pears Soap.

During the 1890s Émile Munier continued to p

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