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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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Bathsebée

Bathsebée

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Young Beauty

Young Beauty (1870)

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

Laveuse D’étretat (1869)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Esther

Esther (1885)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Maternal Affection

Maternal Affection (1867)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Contes enfantines

Contes enfantines (1874)

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

A rare beauty (1871)

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

The Scarlet Letter (1861)

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

Hebe after the fall

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

Thoughts of the Future (1864)

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

Children Playing in a Park (c. 1860)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
Pensez À Dieu

Pensez À Dieu (1876)

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

Reading the Bible (c. 1859)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
The First Thorns of Knowledge

The First Thorns of Knowledge (1864)

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

Mother And Child ( 1869)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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