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 exhibited for the first time at. In 1866 and won the grand.

Award for painting in 1869. Luc-Olivier Merson received a first-class medal at the. In 1875, and a gold medal at the.

In 1892, he was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts. Shortly before his death, he received the honor medal from the Salon of French Artists. For the entirety of his work. From 1905 to 1911, he was head of the workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.

Knight of the Legion of Honor. In 1881, then promoted to officer in 1900, he was posthumously promoted to commander of the same order in 1920. Luc-Olivier Merson primarily practiced religious painting.