A Portrait of a Woman. Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881). Oil on canvas.Merle developed his own
A Portrait of a Woman. Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881). Oil on canvas.Merle developed his own technical approach that distanced him from Cogniet. He replaced warm colors with a high-contrast, jewel-like palette. His paintings became sparsely populated and the remaining figures grew in proportion to fill the canvas. As the figures grew, they became more idealized with an emphasis on line over color. -- source link
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