Luc-Olivier Merson
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Luc-Olivier Merson was a French academic painter and illustrator. He was also known for his postage stamp and currency designs.
Luc-Olivier Merson, portrait by François Schommer (1885)
Luc-Olivier Merson
Christ in Majesty in Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
The "Type Merson" design of 1900 was still being used in 1927 for the French post offices in Egypt; Merson's name is barely visible in the lower left of the frame.
Isidore Pils
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Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
Luc-Olivier Merson
…artistic household, the son of Charles-Olivier Merson, a painter and art critic. He studied under Gustave Chassevent at the École de Dessin and then Isidore Pils at the École des Beaux-Arts. Merson had his first work exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1866 and three years later was awarded the Prix de Rome. During…
Portrait of the artist, self portrait, 1853
Isidore Pils late self-portrait
St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple, 1838
Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, 1849