Charles Meryon

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Notre-Dame , etching from 1850–54

Charles Meryon (also Charles Méryon ; born November 23, 1821 in Paris , † February 17, 1868 in Charenton-le-Pont , Département Val-de-Marne ) was a French painter and engraver .

Life

Meryon was the illegitimate son of a relationship between British doctor Charles Lewis Meryon and French ballet dancer Narcisse Chaspoux. He was one of the most important etchers in the 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Charles Meryon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Thomas Seccombe; Michael Bevan: Meryon, Charles Lewis (1783–1877). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004