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Charles Meryon's contemporaries

A few works by Charles Meryon, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

8 works · hang 748 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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Section 1, north wall

  1. The image features a riverside scene with a large building in the center and smaller structures in the background. The sky is filled with clouds, and there are boats on the water. The artwork is done in an etching style, with detailed lines showing architectural elements, boats, and water ripples. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of brown and black.
    L'ancien Louvre d'après une peinture de Zeeman, 1651 (The Old Louvre, from a Painting by Zeeman, l651)Charles Meryon, 1866Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. The Petit Pont, by Charles Meryon, 1850
    The Petit PontCharles Meryon, 1850Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Their contemporaries

  1. Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.
    Ballet at the Paris OpéraEdgar Degas, 1877Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. On the Beach, Sunset, by Eugène Boudin, 1865
    On the Beach, SunsetEugène Boudin, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the TerrorCharles Louis-Lucien Muller, c. 1850Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries, second

  1. Mount Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904
    Mount Sainte-VictoirePaul Cézanne, c. 1904Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of lithograph from two stones on off-white wove paper.
    Interior of the Lemercier Lithographic Printing HouseCharles Villemin, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Aglaida and Boniface, by Alexandre Cabanel, c. 1857
    Aglaida and BonifaceAlexandre Cabanel, c. 1857Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art