Méryon, Charles

Japanese: メリヨン（英語表記）Méryon, Charles

Born: November 23, 1821 in Paris
[Died] February 13, 1868, Saint-Maurice French printmaker and painter. He joined the French Navy, leaving behind sketches of foreign landscapes and ships during his voyages. He later left the Navy and, due to color blindness, decided to become an etcher. From 1850 to 1854, he produced a series of etchings on the theme of Parisian landscapes, but at the time they were not recognized by anyone other than a few experts, and in despair he was admitted to the Charenton psychiatric hospital in Saint-Maurice in 1858. He was released from the hospital in 1859 and continued the series, but was admitted again in 1867 and committed suicide the following year in 1868. He left behind original works that were romantic and strongly fantasy-like.

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Japanese:

[生]1821.11.23. パリ
[没]1868.2.13. サンモーリス
フランスの版画家，画家。フランス海軍に入隊，航海の途次に異国の風景や船のスケッチを残した。のち海軍を退き，色覚異常のためエッチングを志した。1850～54年パリの風景をテーマとしたエッチングの連作を制作したが，当時は一部の識者を除いて認められず，失意のうちに 1858年サンモーリスのシャラントン精神病院に入院。1859年に退院し連作を続けたが，1867年再度入院して翌 1868年に自殺。ロマン派的で幻想味の濃厚な独創的作品を残した。

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