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Luc-Olivier Merson - L’éclairage des fêtes

L’éclairage des fêtes (1889)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)
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Luc-Olivier Merson
About the Artist

Luc-Olivier Merson was a French academic painter and illustrator also known for his postage stamp and currency designs.

Born Nicolas Luc-Olivier Merson in Paris, France, he grew up in an artistic household, the son of Charles-Olivier Merson, a painter and art critic. He studied under Gustave Chassevent at the École de Dessin and then Isidore Pils at the École des Beaux-Arts. Merson had his first work exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1866 and three years later was awarded the Prix de Rome. During the five years spent working in Italy, he concentrated on religious and historical subjects for his art.

Back in France, in 1875 he won the first-prize medal at the exhibition by the Société des artistes français. Notre-Dame de Paris, one of Merson's best-known paintings, was created in 1881 as a result of the huge popularity of the Victor Hugo novel of the same name. With its mystical Gothic imagery, its style reflects the influence of the then evolving Symbolist movement.

Merson did major decorative commissions for such institutions as the Palais de Justice, the Louis Pasteur Museum, and the mosaic in the chancel vault in the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. He also did the artwork for stained-glass windows, an example of which can be found in the Church of the Holy Trinity Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His profile was raised considerably after being awarded a gold medal for his painting at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, and in 1892 he was elected to the Académie des beaux-arts.

Merson died in Paris in 1920, his work largely forgotten as a result of the overwhelming popularity of the avant-garde art forms as seen in the works of the Impressionists and other artistic movements. Named as a Knight of the Legion of Honor during his life, he was elevated to the level of Commander posthumously.

More Artwork by Luc-Olivier Merson (View all 78 Artworks)

Apollo (1880)

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Study Of A Sleeping Child (1915)

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Une larme pour une goutte d’eau (Notre-Dame de Paris) (1903)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Portrait de Henri Maréchal (1916)

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Allégorie de la Fortune (1896)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Etude de mains

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Femme nue agenouillée

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Étude de figures volantes

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

More Artwork by Luc-Olivier Merson (View all 78 Artworks)

Apollo (1880)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Study Of A Sleeping Child (1915)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Une larme pour une goutte d’eau (Notre-Dame de Paris) (1903)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Portrait de Henri Maréchal (1916)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Allégorie de la Fortune (1896)

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

Etude de mains

Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)
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