Émile Schneider (painter)

Émile Philippe Auguste Schneider (20 January 1873, Illkirch-Graffenstaden - 16 December 1947, L'Haÿ-les-Roses) was a French painter and designer; best known for his portraits of notable people from Alsace.

He began his artistic studies with the portrait painter, Léon Hornecker then, from 1890 to 1892, attended the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg [fr] (Straßburger Kunsthandwerkerschule).

In 1905, he was engaged by his alma mater, the École supérieure, where he was placed in charge of the women's section, taught drawing from life, and organized competitions.

Carabin would find the school too oriented toward Germany and began a major reorganization; purging it of instructors with a German background.

The teachers that Schneider had appointed in 1919 were largely from his old "Saint-Nicholas Group" and came under criticism from some members of the supervisory committee; notably Gustave Stoskopf and Charles Spindler.