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Born 29 November 1863 ( 1863-11-29 ) Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France Died 17 December 1942, Coulevon, France Artwork Catechism Lesson, La leçon de clavecin Education École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | ||
Jules-Alexis Muenier (29 November 1863 - 17 December 1942) was a French painter and photographer.
Biography
In 1880, Jules-Alexis Muenier entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme, who is now considered one of the most important academic painters of his age. In the latter half of that same decade he began exhibiting his work, first at the Paris Salon with the painting Le Bréviaire, which brought him much acclaim, and in 1891 he exhibited The Catechism Lesson which brought recognition from the Government who would eventually purchase his work.
Muenier was a close friend of realist painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Many of his works depict his native Haute-Saône, where he lived most of his life.
He received the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1895 and became a member of Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1921.
