Édouard Alexandre Sain (13 May 1830 – 26 June 1910) was a French painter whose works included historical and genre subjects as well as portraits.

[2] In 1847 he was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts), where he won all the medals.

[citation needed] An 1855 oil painting by Sain commemorates a visit by the Emperor and Empress of France to the crèche of Sister Rosalie.

[5] His 1865 Fouilles à Pompéi (Excavations at Pompei) depicts a group of barefoot women carrying baskets over their heads.

[citation needed] For his portraits he often took members of fashionable society, and took care over the composition and accessories while also capturing the expression of the sitter.