Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier (14 May 184122 April 1906), known as Eugène Murer, was a pastry chef, author, self-taught painter and collector of

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. He was born in

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on 14 May 1846.Bailey, Colin B. (2009). "Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841–1906)". In Stein, Susan Alyson; Miller, Asher Ethan (eds.). ''The Annenberg Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Metropolitan Museum of Art''. pp. 108-113. . He was a childhood friend of

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, who introduced him to the impressionists. He was an apprentice pastry chef at Grû at 8 Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre and 125 Faubourg Poissonnière. He ran a patisserie at 95 Boulevard Voltaire, where he invited, for "Tuesday-dinner", young artists, collectors, and established artists.

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, Cézanne, Gachet,

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and Theo Van Gogh, Père Tanguy, art dealers Louis Legrand and Alphonse Portier, Goeneutte,

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, Vignon, Pierre Franc-Lamy, and

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were among his guests. British art historian Colin B. Bailey notes that Murer's diary from this time contains a sad entry about the suicide of Vincent van Gogh that demands further study. He died in

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, where he was a neighbour of Gachet, on 22 April 1906. He lived on 39 rue Victor Massé, Paris, above a carpenter and art supply dealer called Michel, where he bought his paints. The

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owns one of his paintings, ''L'Oise at Isle-Adam,'' from 1903.

Bibliography

He published under the pseudonym Gêne-Mûr. * ''Comment Se Vengent Les Batards''; 1865 * ''Les Fils du siècle''; 1877 * ''Pauline Lavinia; 1887'' * ''La mère Nom de Dieu''! 1888 A portrait by Camille Pissarro from 1878 is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...

Gallery

Portrait of Eugene Murer, Camille Pissarro, 1878 - Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA - DSC04130.JPG, ''Portrait of Eugène Murer'', Camille Pissarro, 1878 Pissarro - eugene-murer-at-his-pastry-oven-1877.jpg, Camille Pissarro, ''Eugène Murer at his pastry oven'', 1877. Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841–1906) MET DT1882.jpg, '' Eugène Murer'', Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1877

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murer, Eugene 1841 births 1906 deaths French art collectors French chefs Date of birth uncertain 19th-century French writers 19th-century French painters Pastry chefs