Jules-Émile Saintin (14 August 1829 – 13 July 1894) was a neoclassic French painter.
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1829 |
| Birth Place: | Lemé, France |
| Awards: | Legion of Honour |
| Education: | Michel Martin Drolling and François-Édouard Picot Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Movement: | Neoclassicism |
| Known For: | Painting |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
Jules Émile Saintin was born in Lemé, France. He was a pupil of Michel Martin Drolling and François-Édouard Picot at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1845.[1] He exhibited pencil portraits at the Salon des artistes français (Salon of French Artists) in 1850 and in 1853.
In April 1854, he went to live and work in the United States, where he painted portraits, landscapes and Indian subjects.
He returned to Paris in 1860 and developed a workshop where he made paintings with American themes, and genre scenes.
In 1876, he was appointed Commissioner of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Jules Émile Saintin was a friend of the architect Charles Garnier and the painter Paul Baudry.
He was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour in 1877.