Charles Meryon
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
- Under the spell of darkness - Charles Méryon in his time. Retrieved on May 2, 2015 (exhibition in the Hamburger Kunsthalle from November 11, 2012 to March 3, 2013).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meryon, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Méryon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1868 |
| Place of death | Charenton-le-Pont , Val-de-Marne department |