Emmanuel Benner (28 March 1836, in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...

– 23 September 1896, in

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) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and draughtsman. The son of the painter

Jean Benner-Fries Jean Benner-Fries, also known as Jean Benner and Jean Benner the elder (1796–1849), was a French painter and textile designer Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments ...

, he was twin to fellow artist,

Jean Benner Jean Benner (28 March 1836, in Mulhouse – 28 October 1906, in Paris) was a French artist, and twin to fellow artist, . Early life Twins Jean and Emmanuel Benner were born in March 1836 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France to Jean Benner-Fries.John De ...

, and the uncle of the painter Emmanuel Michel Benner, Jean's son. Like his twin brother, he was portrayed by fellow Alsatian,

Jean-Jacques Henner Jean-Jacques Henner (5 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects and portraits. Biography Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studies ...

Biography

Emmanuel Benner studied under his father, and under Jean-Jacques Eck (1812–1887) at the School for industrial design (''école de dessin industriel'') of Mulhouse, then in Paris with Henner and with

Léon Bonnat Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Early life Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Mad ...

. He started exhibiting paintings at the

Salon de Paris The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

in 1867 and would do so regularly until his death. The Benner twins also collaborated as designers with their other fellow Alsatian, ceramist and potter

Théodore Deck Joseph-Théodore Deck (2 January 1823 – 15 May 1891) was a 19th-century French potter, an important figure in late 19th-century art pottery. Born in Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, he began learning the trade in his early 20s, moving to Paris at age 24. ...

. Their styles being very similar, they occasionally worked together on a painting, such as the ''Allégorie de l’ Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878'', filled with beautiful women, one of their favourite subjects. Benner is buried with his brother and his nephew in the family tomb in

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, in Paris.

Collections

Benner's work is held in the permanent collections of the

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, the

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse is a municipal art museum in Mulhouse, France. It originated with the '' Société industrielle de Mulhouse (SIM)'', a learned society established in 1826 by local industrialists such as Dollfus, Koechlin, and ...

, the

Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...

, the

Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art The Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg (MAMCS, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) is an art museum in Strasbourg, France, which was founded in 1973 and opened in its own building in November 1998. One of the largest of its ...

, the

Unterlinden Museum The Unterlinden Museum (French: ''Musée Unterlinden'') is located in Colmar, in the Alsace region of France. The museum, housed in a 13th-century Dominican religious sisters' convent and a 1906 former public baths building, is home to the Isenhe ...

, the

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) ( en, Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French a ...

, among others.

Gallery

Emmanuel Benner, Habitation lacustre.jpg, ''

Lakeside Dwelling ''Lakeside Dwelling'' (''Habitation lacustre'') is a 1878 oil painting by Emmanuel Benner (1836-1896). It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse. Its inventory number is D.62.1.23. The painting was displayed at the 1878 Paris Salon und ...

'' (1878,

) Emmanuel Benner - Nu Pres Du Rive.jpg, ''Nude Woman by a River'' (1884, private collection) Emmanuel Benner, Marie-Madeleine au désert ( Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg ).JPG, ''

Mary Magdalene in the Desert ''Mary Magdalene in the Desert'' (French: ''Marie-Madeleine au désert'') is a 1886 painting by Emmanuel Benner (1836-1896). It is now in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.163. The painting i ...

'' (1886,

) At-the-waters-edge-emmanuel-benner.jpg, ''At the Water's Edge'' (1887, private collection) Emmanuel Benner, 1892 - Prehistoric hunt.jpg, ''A Family in the Stone Age'' (1892,

) Emmanuel Benner- The Loss of Alsace Lorraine, 1895.jpg, ''The Loss of

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'' (1895, private collection) Emmanuel Benner Jeune femme en costume de Capri.jpg, ''Young Woman in a Costume from

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'' (undated, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse) Emmanuel Benner, Saint Jérôme.jpg, ''Saint Jerome'' (undated,

) Emmanuel Benner, Jeune fille couchée sur un lit de bruyères.jpg, ''Young Girl on a Bed of

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)

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