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Hugues Merle - The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter (1861)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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Why is this image in the public domain?
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.
About the Artist

Hugues Merle (1822–1881) was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. He has often been compared with William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Hugues 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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Young Beauty (1870)

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Reading the Bible (c. 1859)

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Laveuse D’étretat (1869)

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Marguerite (1878)

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A Spanish Beauty (1875)

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Queen Esther (1875)

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More Artwork by Hugues Merle (View all 26 Artworks)

Hamlet And Ophelia (1873)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)

Maternal Affection (1867)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)

Young Beauty (1870)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)

Reading the Bible (c. 1859)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)

Laveuse D’étretat (1869)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)

Marguerite (1878)

Hugues Merle (French, 1823 - 1881)
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