Jules-Alexis Muenier (; 29 November 1863 – 17 December 1942) was a French painter and photographer.

Biography

In 1880, Jules-Alexis Muenier entered the

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where he studied under

Jean-Léon Gérôme Jean-Léon Gérôme (; 11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academic painting, academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living art ...

, now considered one of the most important academic painters of his age. In the latter half of that same decade Muenier began exhibiting his work, first at the

Paris Salon The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

with the painting ''Le Bréviaire'', which brought him much acclaim. In 1891, he exhibited ''The Catechism Lesson'' which brought recognition from the government, which eventually purchased his work.Brief biography
@ the Rehs Galleries. Many of his works depict his native

Haute-Saône Haute-Saône (; Frainc-Comtou: ''Hâte-Saône''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.

, where he lived most of his life. He received the

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in 1895 and became a member of

Académie des Beaux-Arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

in 1921. He was a close friend of fellow realist painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret.

Gallery

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muenier, Jules-Baptiste 1863 births 1942 deaths People from Vesoul 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Members of the Académie des beaux-arts 19th-century French male artists