Benner, Emmanuel

PAINTER (FRANCE)
BORN 28 Mar 1836, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin - DIED 24 Sep 1896, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique
GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 64, avenue Circulaire, ligne 05, numéro 29)

Emmanuel Benner was the son of the painter and textile designer Jean Benner-Fries. He never married and probably had no children. He was a painter of portraits, landscapes and female nudes. Among his acquaintances was Edgard Degas, who painted Emmanuel's sister Elisabeth Benner de Rutté. He collaorated with the ceramist Théodore Deck (1823-1891). During a study trip in Brittany he contracted an infectious disease and he died in Nantes in 1896. He was buried in the family grave at Père Lachaise in Paris.

Related persons
• is brother/sister of Benner, Jean

Images

The grave of Jean Benner and Many Benner at Père Lachaise, Paris.
Picture by Androom (01 Nov 2022)

 

Sources
Emmanuel Benner - Wikipédia (FR)


Benner, Jean

Published: 09 Jun 2023
Last update: 09 Jun 2023