Painter in oils and mixed media, born in Bury, Lancashire. Emanuel served an apprenticeship in decorating, signwriting and graining and did his National Service with the Army in Hong Kong. Did not begin painting until in his thirties and then did not show any work for a decade. Lived in St Ives, Cornwall, from the mid-1960s where, although he had no formal art training, he was helped by Denis Mitchell, John Wells and Alexander Mackenzie. Emanuel was noted for nude studies which he said were “also about Penwith, its standing stones, cliff faces and countryside, about living here”. He was a member of Penwith Society of Arts and of Newlyn Society of Artists, of which he was chairman, 1977–8. Took part in numerous mixed shows in Britain and abroad.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)