Emile Munier (1810 - 1895) France. Watercolor on Paper. Measure 16 1/2"in H x 12 1/2"in W and 27"in H x 23"in W with frame. Known for: Portrait, genre, and landscape paintings. Emile Munier was a genre, landscape and portrait painter, born in Paris in 1840. Munier studied at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and began his artistic career apprenticing for the Parisian stain glassmaker Emile Galle. Eventually, Munier worked with A. Lucas and William Adolphe Bouguereau helping to preserve the high standards of the Academy. Along with these men, Munier worked to stop the negation, by the Impressionists, of what the Academicians considered to be solid draftsmanship. Munier exhibited many of his works at the Paris Salon between 1865-1895, including genre pictures and portraits. In 1882 he received an honorable mention. In 1890, when Meissonier and his followers broke away from the Academy forming the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Munier remained a supporter of the Ecole, and continued to exhibited at the Paris Salon which had become known as "le Salon Bouguereau. This essay is copyrighted by Rehs Galleries, Inc. and may not be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from Rehs Galleries, Inc.