Hugues Merle (French, 1822-1881) Couronne de Fleurs des Champs (Field Flower Wreath)

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European Art and Old Masters

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Feb 22, 2022

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Auguste Rodin’s Mère et Fille Mourante, a moving mother-and-child sculpture, leads Freeman’s February 22 European Art and Old Masters auction; the work was commissioned by Mrs. Thomas Merrill in 1908 and has remained in the family for over a century. Curated by David Weiss, Head of Sale. Freeman's info@freemansauction.com

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  Hugues Merle (French, 1822-1881) Couronne de Fleurs des Champs (Field Flower Wreath)

  Signed and dated 'Hugues.Merle./1880' bottom left; also pencil inscribed with title on stretcher verso, oil on canvas
  45 5/8 x 35 in. (115.9 x 88.9cm)

  
  
  

  Provenance

  Private Collection, Illinois.

  
  
  Footnote:

  Note

  Born in Saint Marcellin, Hughes Merle attended the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. There, he was under the tutelage of L?on Cogniet, who encouraged him to exhibit in the 1847 Paris Salon ? his first of many Salon exhibitions. Merle is highly regarded for his meticulous, sensitive, and tender depictions of a variety of subjects, including literary, allegorical, and historical themes, and above all, for his paintings of domestic and female subjects ? including the theme of mother and child, as in the present work. Introduced to the famed fellow French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau by the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, Merle became a great influence on his younger counterpart, and the two artists soon became rivals. With paintings in major collections, Merle remains well known today for his ability to successfully capture the human form with technical brilliance and lyricism.

  
  
  
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