SIGNED MERYON Etching "The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame Paris" Framed COA

Description: --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting... Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly.International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Charles Meryon (1821-1868) Title: The Abside of Nortre Dame, Paris (L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris) Medium: Vintage etching on wove paper after the original by a Master Engraver. Year: 1926 Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left.Condition: Excellent Dimensions: Image size 5 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches. Framed dimensions: Approximately 14 x 20 inches. Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials. Additional notes: This is not a modern print. This impression is more than 97 years old. The strike is crisp and the lines are sharp. Extra Information:View of Notre Dame Cathedral on the Île de la Cité from across the river Seine, the Pont aux Choux seen at left beyond boats, horses and figures. Artist Biography:Charles Méryon was a French printmaker whose etchings romantically depicted the life and mood of mid-19th-century Paris. Included among Méryon’s earliest works were drawings of the New Zealand coast that he executed while he was in the French navy. He subsequently employed these studies for etchings. Following his time in the navy, he entered the studio of Alexandre Bléry, who taught him the technique of etching, which, because of Méryon’s colour blindness, became the medium at which he was the most talented. He earned his living by doing hackwork, and for practice he made studies after Dutch etchers, such as Zeeman (Reinier Nooms) and Adriaan van de Velde. He then began the series Etchings of Paris, executed from 1850 to 1854; although Méryon always considered these plates as a set, they were never published as such. Besides these 22 etchings, Méryon produced about 70 others. Although Méryon is considered a great master of etching, striking in his originality and modernity, he was appreciated by only a few contemporary artists and critics. His prints sold for almost nothing. His life was one of great disappointments and terrible hardships; he became subject to hallucinations, and, shortly after the completion of the Paris series, he was committed to the Charenton mental institution at Saint-Maurice. A partial recovery was effected, but he was returned to the asylum in 1867 and committed suicide a year later. Méryon’s rendering of architecture is often visionary, and generally his figures are incidental, like those of a landscape painter. But sometimes, as in his The Morgue (1854), they tell a story or, as in La Rue des Mauvais-Garçons (1854), with the two women secretly conversing, at least suggest a narrative. The Apse of Notre Dame (1853–54), considered to be Méryon’s masterpiece, characterizes his great sensitivity to the effects of light and atmosphere. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS |

Price: 579 USD

Location: Cape Coral, Florida

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