Luc-Olivier Merson
(1846–1920) fransk målare
Luc-Olivier Merson (France, 1846–1920) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Luc-Olivier Merson belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Luc-Olivier Merson was born in rue Gracieuse and died in rue Denfert-Rochereau. Luc-Olivier Merson trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Wikidata associates Luc-Olivier Merson with academic art. Luc-Olivier Merson became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Ernest Amas, Louis Barillet, Martin von Feuerstein, and Gaston Thys.
The best-known works include ‘Danse de fiançailles’, ‘La Famille’, and ‘La Fortune’. The catalogue has 6 works by Luc-Olivier Merson with free images. The dated works span the years 1869–1895. Works by Luc-Olivier Merson are held by several collections, among them Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Société industrielle de Mulhouse. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Schuch, Joseph Blanc, Isidore Verheyden, Oscar Roty, and Otto Lessing.