émile-rené Ménard Biography
Émile-René Ménard (1862 Paris – 1930 Paris) was a French painter. From his childhood he was immersed in an artistic environment: artists such as Corot, Millet and the Barbizon painters frequented his family's home.
Ménard studied at the Académie Julian from 1880, having been a student of Baudry, Bouguereau and Henri Lehmann. He participated in the Secession Salon in Munich, and in the Salon de la Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1897. There were also many exhibition events dedicated to him at the Georges Small Gallery. In 1904, he was appointed professor at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and in that year he hosted the young Russian painter Boris Kustodiev, then 26 years old, in his art studio.
In 1921, he exhibited at the Twelfth Salon together with Henri Martin and Edmond Aman-Jean. Galleries in Buffalo, New York and Boston, Massachusetts have exhibited Ménard and his works throughout the United States. However, the numerous assignments he received from the French government crowned his career; for example, the cycle for the Hautes Etudes à la Sorbonne, the Faculté de Droit, and the Atoms fresco for the Institute of Chemistry, and finally the Caise des Dépôts in Marseille.
