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Hugues Merle

French, 1823 - 1881
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Hugues Merle was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. He has often been compared with William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Merle was born in 1822 in La Sône. He studied painting with Léon Cogniet. Merle started exhibiting at the Salon (Paris) in 1847. He received second class prizes in 1861 and 1863. In 1866 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

Hugues Merle became a friend of Paul Durand-Ruel in the early 1860s. Durand-Ruel had started buying paintings by Merle in 1862 and introduced the artist to painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Merle was later often compared to Bouguereau and “became a considerable rival of Bouguereau in subject and treatment”. In the mid-1860s, Merle painted several portraits of Paul Durand-Ruel, his wife, and their son, John.

Hugues Merle died in 1881 in Paris. His son Georges Merle also became a painter.

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L’Envoûteuse (The Sorceress)

L’Envoûteuse (The Sorceress) (1883)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Reading the Bible

Reading the Bible (c. 1859)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Marguerite

Marguerite (1878)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Contes enfantines

Contes enfantines (1874)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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A rare beauty

A rare beauty (1871)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Thoughts of the Future

Thoughts of the Future (1864)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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A Spanish Beauty

A Spanish Beauty (1875)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Esther

Esther (1885)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Religion
Thoughts far away

Thoughts far away (1864)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary

Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary (1879)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Religion
Couronne de fleurs des champs (Crown of field flowers)

Couronne de fleurs des champs (Crown of field flowers)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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The Butterfly

The Butterfly

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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L’abandonnée

L’abandonnée (1872)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Mary Magdalene in the Cave

Mary Magdalene in the Cave (1868)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Religion
Hebe after the fall

Hebe after the fall

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Mythology
Esther before Ahasuerus

Esther before Ahasuerus (1875)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Children Playing in a Park

Children Playing in a Park (c. 1860)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Bathsebée

Bathsebée

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter (1861)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Maternal Affection

Maternal Affection (1867)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Young Beauty

Young Beauty (1870)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Laveuse D’étretat

Laveuse D’étretat (1869)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Queen Esther

Queen Esther (1875)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Religion
The Neapolitan Girl

The Neapolitan Girl (1876)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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The Forgotten

The Forgotten

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Mother And Child

Mother And Child ( 1869)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Affection

Affection

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Young Girl In A Veil

Young Girl In A Veil (1880)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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The Bather

The Bather (1870)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Hamlet And Ophelia

Hamlet And Ophelia (1873)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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