Emile Munier is a master of genre painting and a man of quite a tragic fate.
He was born in June 1840, in Paris, into a family of workers at the Gobilin Manufactory: his father was an artist, and his mother was a fabric polisher.

The future artist himself and his brothers initially worked, in accordance with family tradition, at the manufactory. And then they became interested in painting and, over time, all became famous artists.

Emile married early and continued to work in production, attended courses in drawing, anatomy and painting, independently studied academic painting and very soon became a great admirer of the work of William Bouguereau.

But it so happened that his wife died after giving birth. Three years after the death of his wife, Emile Munier left his job as a draper and devoted all his time to painting and raising his son.

He worked a lot and selflessly. He taught painting in classes for adults. And with great pleasure he constantly returned to the theme of childhood and motherhood.

Emile Munier died a few days after his fiftieth birthday.
Most of the artist’s works are kept in the Museum of Art in New Orleans.