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Hugues Merle - Queen Esther

Queen Esther (1875)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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The Artist died in 1881 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.

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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Hebe after the fall

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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter (1861)

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Mary Magdalene in the Cave

Mary Magdalene in the Cave (1868)

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L’Envoûteuse (The Sorceress)

L’Envoûteuse (The Sorceress) (1883)

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Couronne de fleurs des champs (Crown of field flowers)

Couronne de fleurs des champs (Crown of field flowers)

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

Mother And Child ( 1869)

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

L’abandonnée (1872)

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

Thoughts of the Future (1864)

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

A Spanish Beauty (1875)

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

The Neapolitan Girl (1876)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
The Butterfly

The Butterfly

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)
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

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

Hamlet And Ophelia (1873)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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