Eugène Murer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugène Murer

French art collector and painter

Date of Birth: 20-May-1845

Place of Birth: Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1906

Profession: writer, artist, painter, art historian, collector, critic, art collector, drawer, patron of the arts

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier known as Eugène Murer (15 May 1841 – 22 April 1906) was a pastry chef, author, self-taught painter and collector of impressionist paintings.He was born in Moulins or Poitiers on 15 or 20 May 1846.
He was a childhood friend of Armand Guillaumin, who introduced him to the impressionists.
He was an apprentice pastry chef at Grû at 8 Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre and 125 Faubourg Poissonnière.He ran a patisserie at 95 Boulevard Voltaire, where he invited, for "Tuesday-dinner", young artists, collectors, and established artists.
Renoir, Sisley, Monet, Cézanne, Gachet, Vincent and Theo Van Gogh, le père Tanguy, art dealers Legrand and Portier, Goeneutte, Guillaumin, Vignon, Franc-Lamy and Camille Pissarro were among his guests.He died in Auvers-sur-Oise , where he was the neighbour of Paul Gachet, on 22 April 1906.He lived on 39 rue Victor Massé, Paris, above a carpenter and art supply dealer called Michel, where he bought his paints.The Musée d'Orsay owns one of his paintings, L'Oise at Isle-Adam, from 1903.