Charles Meryon

244 works

Colour blindness ruled out painting for Charles Meryon, so by 1848 he had settled on etching. Read more

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Etched frontispiece with ornate foliate border showing a seated figure, a standing woman, a fountain and a bearded mask.

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas De Leu

1866

Etching of a Paris river bathing establishment with stone embankment, wooden walkway, flag, boat and distant buildings under

Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris

1864

Etching of a Paris riverside with old towers, a wooden footbridge over the water, and small boats with figures.

The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621

1860

Etching of gabled riverside houses, a stone arch and small boats with figures along a river quay.

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

1861

Etching with handwritten French text titled Loi Solaire, red sun rays above and an oil lamp drawing below.

Etchings of Paris: The Gargoyle

1853

Etching of a Gothic gallery with columns and arches opening onto city rooftops and a spire, with birds on the ledges.

Etchings of Paris: The Gallery of Notre Dame

1853

Etching of a Paris riverside with an arched stone bridge, boats on the Seine, turreted buildings, and a hot air balloon above

Etchings of Paris: The Exchange Bridge

1854

Etching of Notre Dame cathedral's apse and towers over the Seine, with a stone bridge, boats, a horse cart, and cloudy sky.

Etchings of Paris: The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

1854

Etching of the Petit Pont in Paris, with stone arches over the Seine, Notre-Dame towers behind, and small boats on the water.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie

1852

Etching of the Pont-au-Change over the Seine in Paris, with a row of turreted buildings on the right and hot air balloons ove

Etchings of Paris: An Arch of the Notre Dame Bridge

1853

Etching of a turreted stone house with ivy and smoking chimneys above a street with small figures.

Etchings of Paris: House with a Turret, Weavers' Street

1852

Etching of sailing boats and a rowboat of men on calm harbor water, with masted ships and a hazy sky.

Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")

1863

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over water with small figures and a sloping roof beside the riverbank.

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

probably c. 1854

Pencil sketch of a Paris cityscape with a gothic tower, domed building, and rows of rooftops and dormer windows.

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

probably c. 1856

Pencil sketch of a seated muscular male figure with raised arm beside a stone pedestal and bare branches.

Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

probably c. 1856

Etching of a palm-covered island on the right, figures fishing in shallow water, and a sailing ship on calm sea.

Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863

Colour blindness ruled out painting for Charles Meryon, so by 1848 he had settled on etching. Before that he spent ten years in the French navy, including a four-year voyage around the world based mostly in New Zealand. His best years came in the first half of the 1850s, when he etched a series of dark, Gothic views of Paris. Some of the old buildings he drew were about to be pulled down as Napoleon III rebuilt the city with wide boulevards. Mental illness slowed his work, and he died in the Charenton asylum in 1868. Browse 244 works by Charles Meryon from 9 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Charles Meryon

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas De Leu

Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris

The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

Solar Law

Etchings of Paris: The Gargoyle

Etchings of Paris: The Gallery of Notre Dame

Etchings of Paris: The Exchange Bridge

Etchings of Paris: The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

The Petit Pont

Le Petit Pont, Paris

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie

Pont-au-Change, Paris

La Pompe Notre Dame, Paris

The Admiralty, Paris

Etchings of Paris: An Arch of the Notre Dame Bridge

Etchings of Paris: House with a Turret, Weavers' Street

South Sea Fishers

Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")

Study for "Le Petit Pont"

Chasse-maree au plus pres

Tikao, naturel d'Akaroa

Moliere's Tomb

River Dredges and Lighters

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

College Henri IV

College Henri IV

Boats on River with Masts

La Panne

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

Charles Meryon

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