Jules-Émile Saintin (14 August 1829 – 13 July 1894) was a neoclassic French painter.

Biography

He was born in Lemé (France). Jules Émile Saintin was a pupil of

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and

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at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1845. He exhibited pencil portraits at the ''Salon des artistes français'' (Salon of French Artists) in 1850 and in 1853. John C Breckinridge-04775-restored

In April 1854, he went to live and work in the United States, where he painted portraits, landscapes and Indian subjects. He returned to Paris in 1860 and developed a workshop where he made paintings with American themes, and genre scenes. In 1876, he was appointed Commissioner of the

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in Philadelphia. Jules Émile Saintin was a friend of the architect Charles Garnier and the painter

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. He was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the

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in 1877.

Works

*''John C. Breckenridge, Vice President of the United States'' *''The Pony Express'' (1863) *''The Small War, Portrait of M. V. Giraud and Mlle. de Sade'' (1865) *''The Path to War'' (1865), Musée de la Crèche,

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*''Carmella, Marthe, Portrait of Princess Mathilde and Mlle. Edile Riquier'' (1866) *''Portraits of Mlle. Jouassain and Émilie Dubois'' (1868) *''Indecision, Deception'' (1870) *''First Engagement, Self Satisfied'' (1877) *''Émilienne '' (1879) *''Flowers of Nice, Abandon'' (1880) *''At Tuileries, Near the Sea'' (1882) *''Autumn Night'' (1997) *''Brumaire, La Roche-aux-Mouettes'' (1888)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saintin, Jules-Emile 19th-century French painters French male painters 1829 births 1894 deaths Painters from Paris École des Beaux-Arts alumni Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century French male artists