{{Short description|German painter (1843–1924)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} [[File:Emil Adam - Battle of Wagram.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Battle of Wagram'']] '''Emil Franz Adam''' (20 May 1843 – 19 January 1924) was a German equestrian painter.
==Life== Adam was born in Munich. He was the son of animal painter Benno Adam. He initially intended to devote himself to science, but, carried away by the example of his grandfather, the equestrian painter Albrecht Adam, he decided to be a painter. He studied painting under the guidance of his uncle, the painter Franz Adam, and later under Jean-François Portaels in Brussels. He became one of the last great masters in depicting horses, horse portraits and hunting scenes.
Adam married Josephine Marie, née Wurmb. They had two sons, the painter Richard Benno Adam (1873–1937) and the priest Ernst Adam (1884–1955).
Adam's work consisted primarily of horse paintings, equestrian portraits, and hunting scenes. He was invited, along with his father to Pardubice, Bohemia, in 1867, to paint the hunting club members portrait, a group of 60 people.
Adam died in Munich in 1924. {{Clear}}
== Gallery == <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="5" caption="Emil Adam's paintings"> File:Emil Adam St Galmier.jpg|St Galmier File:Emil Adam A fenékpusztai ménes.jpg|The herd of Fenékpuszta File:Sceptre by Emil Adam.jpg|Sceptre File:Emil Adam Mettalist 1885.jpg|Mettalist, 1885 File:Kincsem.jpg|Kincsem, 1887 File:Emil Adam (1843-1924) - Persimmon - RCIN 402433 - Royal Collection.jpg|Persimmon, 1896 (in the Royal Collection) </gallery>
==See also== * List of German painters
==Illustrations of works==
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/adam-emil-18431924
== External links == {{commons category|Emil Adam}} * {{DNB-Portal|116006463}} * [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Emil+Adam&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500005161 Entry for Emil Adam] on the Union List of Artist Names
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