Late 19th Century Emmanuel (Many) Benner, Une Jeune Femme De Grenade (Grenada), Framed

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Emmanuel (Many) Benner, Une Jeune Femme De Grenade (Grenada) (1873-1965)

Dimensions with frame: 14"w x 19"h
Image: approx. 9" x … Read more Emmanuel (Many) Benner, Une Jeune Femme De Grenade (Grenada) (1873-1965)

Dimensions with frame: 14"w x 19"h
Image: approx. 9" x 13.5"

Offered is a stunning portrait of a young woman from Grenada. If she weren't so beautiful, there would be a freaky element to the painting, as her eyes do appear to follow you around. There is an impressionist aspect to the freshness of paint strokes. Professionally cleaned, with minor retouchings.

A remarkably similar painting, of both subject matter and size, sold at CARVAJAL Auctions, in Antibes, France, for €1,600 in 2023. That does not include the 30% premium. A larger work sold at Sotheby's for $10,000 hammer

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Emmanuel Benner

Benner in 1890 (painting by Jean-Jacques Henner, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse)
Born March 28, 1836
Mulhouse, France
Died February 23, 1896 (aged 59)
Nantes, France
Resting place Père Lachaise Cemetery
Nationality French
Known for Nude paintings
Notable work Mary Magdalene in the Desert
Lakeside Dwelling
Style Academic art
Emmanuel Benner (28 March 1836, in Mulhouse – 23 September 1896, in Nantes) was a French Academic painter and draughtsman. The son of the painter Jean Benner-Fries, he was twin to fellow artist Jean Benner, and the uncle of the painter Emmanuel Michel Benner, Jean's son.
Like his twin brother, he was portrayed by fellow Alsatian, Jean-Jacques Henner.

Biography
Emmanuel Benner studied under his father, and under Jean-Jacques Eck (1812–1887) at the School for industrial design (école de dessin industriel) of Mulhouse, then in Paris with Henner and with Léon Bonnat. He started exhibiting paintings at the Salon de Paris in 1867 and would do so regularly until his death. The Benner twins also collaborated as designers with their fellow Alsatian, ceramist and potter Théodore Deck.] Their styles being very similar, they occasionally worked together on a painting, such as the Allégorie de l’Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878, filled with beautiful women, one of their favourite subjects.[7]

Benner is buried with his brother and his nephew in the family tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris.

Collections
Benner's work is held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse, the Walters Art Museum, the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Unterlinden Museum, and the Musée d'Orsay, among others.

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