Antonin Mercié

(1845–1916) French sculptor and painter (1845-1916)

Antonin Mercié (France, 1845–1916) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Antonin Mercié belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Antonin Mercié was born in Toulouse and died in 6th arrondissement of Paris. Antonin Mercié trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included François Jouffroy and Alexandre Falguière. Antonin Mercié became a member of Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, médaille d’honneur, and médaille d’honneur. The students included Julien Lorieux, René Quillivic, Édouard-Marcel Sandoz, and Ida Matton.

The best-known works include ‘Gloria Victis’, ‘Nymphe endormie’, ‘Vénus’, and ‘Statue de François Arago à Perpignan’. The catalogue has 18 works by Antonin Mercié with free images. The dated works span the years 1870–1924. Works by Antonin Mercié are held by Musée des Augustins, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée d’Orsay, and Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Richard Buchta, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Louisa Starr-Canziani, Anna Petersen, and François-Joseph Luigi Loir.

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