Playmates
Playmates c1903 by French Painter Emile Munier (1840 – 1895); Portreadwr academaidd a gafodd ei fentora gan y peintiwr Ffrengig William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 – 1905).
This is an adorable portrait of a young girl of about the age five that is in her white sleeping gown sitting in a large arm chair, leaning against and resting her upper back and head on a large dark pillow.
The young irl is looking at one of her playmates a small white cat with brown accents on its head and back, that she is holding with her left hand that is positioned on a large white pillow that is pressed up against the curved arm of the chair.
At the same time with her right hand, she is embracing a black puppy with brown accented fur that she is leaning her head on and which has a ribbon tied around it with a bell attached.
Behind the chair is a large red embroidered drape with gold tassels along its leading edge and to the right are four large pane windows with a white embroidered curtain diagonally placed across them.
On the arm chair she is sitting on is a white embroidered cover and the chair also has green tassels along its bottom edge.
Beside the chair is a side table that has a large cup and saucer, with a metal spoon in the cup that contains what looks like milk; and lastly there is a decorative carpet on the floor that extends throughout the room.
Petite Fille et Chat is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a argraffu cynfas ar-lein.
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Emile was born in Paris, France to Pierre François Munier; an artist upholsterer at the Nationale des Gobelins tapestry factory (in Paris France) and Marie Louise Carpentier, a polisher in a cashmere cloth mill.
He also had two brothers François and Florimond; hynny ynghyd ag ef a hyfforddodd a gweithiodd fel artist am gyfnod yn y Nationale des Gobelins.
Yn y ffatri cafodd Emile ei hyfforddi fel drafftsmon gan Abel Lucas, a byddai'n datblygu perthynas agos ag Abel a'i deulu, a arweiniodd at Emile yn priodi Lucas’ merch Heriette yn 1861.
Yn anffodus yn 1867, chwe wythnos ar ôl i'w wraig roi genedigaeth i'w mab Emile Henri, cafodd cryd cymalau difrifol, a bu farw yn gynamserol.
Yn 1871 Gadawodd Emile y ffatri tapestri i fynd ar drywydd paentio yn llawn amser, yn ogystal â darparu dosbarthiadau paentio i oedolion dair noson yr wythnos.
Yna i mewn 1872 Priododd Emile â Sargine Augrand, myfyriwr Abel Lucas a ffrind i Emile a Henriette; roedd gan y cwpl un ferch Marie-Louise, a aned yn 1874.
Yn 1884 he received a commission from Governor Leland Stanford of California and his wife Jane Stanford to create painting of their son Leland Stanford, Jr., who had passed away at the age of 15 mlynedd; ahd he titled the piece Angel Comforting His Grieving Mother; which the boy as angel that returned to earth to comfort his mother with his hand placed on her shoulder.
One of Emiles most influential teachers was the French Painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 – 1905), and one can see the influence he had on Emile in many of the pieces he created and over time the two became close friends as well.
One of his most famous works, that demonstrated this influence is his piece Trois Amis or Three Friends, ei fod yn arddangos yn y Paris Salon yn 1885; a oedd yn darlunio merch fach fach yn chwarae ar ei gwely gyda'i chath fach a'i chi.
Roedd y cyhoedd yn hoff iawn o'r gwaith hwn, ei fod wedi'i atgynhyrchu mewn sawl ffurf a'i fod hefyd yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer cyhoeddusrwydd gan y cwmni sebon Prydeinig Pears Soap; a sefydlwyd yn 1807, cynhyrchu sebon tryloyw cyntaf y byd.
Helpodd y paentiad hwn i'w sefydlu fel un o brif beintwyr plant ifanc a'u hanifeiliaid anwes; a byddai'n parhau i beintio golygfeydd o'r fath ynghyd â golygfeydd pysgota anifeiliaid, morluniau, tirweddau, genre golygfeydd gwerinol, pwnc mytholegol a chrefyddol drwy gydol y 1890au cynnar hyd ei farwolaeth annhymig yn 1895 yn oed 55.