Olivier Merson 3 beautiful handwritten and signed autograph letters

  
Three handwritten and signed autograph letters. And died in the same city on. Son of the painter and art critic Charles-Olivier Merson.

At the School of Drawing. School of Fine Arts in Paris. He exhibits for the first time at. In 1866 and receives the grand.

Prize for painting in 1869. Luc-Olivier Merson receives a first-class medal at the. In 1875, and a gold medal at the. In 1892, he is elected to the Academy of Fine Arts.

Shortly before his death, he receives the honor medal of the Salon of French Artists. For his entire body of work. From 1905 to 1911, he is a studio head at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. Knight of the Legion of Honor. In 1881, then promoted to officer in 1900, he is posthumously promoted to commander of the same order in 1920. Luc-Olivier Merson primarily practices religious painting.