Emil Rau (1858-1937) also known as E. Rau, Emil Karl Rau, was an German genre painter.
He was born in Dresden, Germany, 1858 - died Munich, Germany ca. 1937.
Emil Rau received his artistic training from Leon Pohle and Ferdinand Wilhelm Pauwels at the Academy in Dresden.
In 1879, he changed to the Munich Academy as a student of Alexander Wagner and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit.