MERSON ure painter, pupil of her husband, Henry Merritt, artist and author, in London ; trav- elled four years in Europe and exhibited first at Koyal Academy in 1871 ; also a suc- cessful etcher. Studio in London. Works : Catharine, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Philadel- phia ; Juliet (1879) ; Wear, Ophelia (1880) ; Little Quakeress, Luna (1881) ; Taming a Bird, War (1883) ; Belle Dame sans Merci (1884); Eve (1885); St. Cecilia (1880). Por- traits : Mrs. H. G. Marquaud (1881) ; Lord Walter Campbell ; James Russell Lowell (1882) ; Justine and Bayard Cutting (1883); Mrs. F. E. Colmau (1884). Am. Art Rev. (1880), 220. MERSON, LUC OLIVIER, born in Paris, May 21, 1840. History painter, pupil of Chassevent and Pils. Won the grand prix de Rome in 18G9. Paints well-studied and carefully drawn historical pictures in a some- what eccentric style. Medals : 1809 ; 1st class. 1873 ; L. of Honour, 1882. Works : King Edmund the Martyr, Vision of the Cross (1873); Sacrifice to Patriotism (1870); St. Michael (for the Gobelins) ; Wolf of Agubbio (1878) ; St. Isidore, Repose in Egypt (1879) ; St. Francis preaching to the Fishes (1881) ; two decorative paintings in Palais de Justice, Paris ; Augelo pittore, Judgment of Paris (1884) ; Arrival at Beth- lehem (1885) ; Repose in Egypt, S. A. Coale, St. Louis. Bellier, ii. 70 ; Claretie, Peintres (1874), 327, 370, 387 ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1808), xxiv. 19 ; La Ilustracion (1883), i. 43 ; D. Rundschau, xx. 475. MERY, ALFRED F.MILE, born in Paris, April 17, 1824. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Beauce. Medals, 1808, 1878. He has invented a new process of painting in water-colours by which all kinds of painting can be executed with a single preparation. Works : Demolished Nest (1865) ; Bees and Hornets Fighting, Yard Interior (I860) ; Around a Cherry Tree, Do not tease the Hornets ! (1868) ; In Want of Something Better, Hen and Mice (1869) ; Bee in the Fields (1870); Force before Right (1872) ; Exploits of an Ape (1874) ; Every s^. one for Himself (1877); Intervention (1878); Unity makes Strong, In my Garden (1880) ; Decorative Panel, AGourmand(18Sl); Chain without End, Cats Studies (1882); Surprised in the Bath (1883); Parisian Sparrow (1884); Fallen Sultan (1885) ; Larks caught in Snares (1880). Bellier, ii. 70. MESDAG, HEXDRIK WILLEM, born at GrOuiugen in 1831. Ma- rine painter, pupil of Alma Tadema ; lives at The Hague. Medals : Paris, 1870 ; 3d class, 1878. Works: Fishermen's Boats at Schc- veniugen (1871) ; Departure of Life-boat from Scheveningen ; Return of Life-boat ; Strand near Scheveningen (1874), Amster- dam Museum ; Sunrise on Dutch Coast, Rot- terdam Museum ; Evening on the Strand ; Summer Evening ; Twilight ; Heaving the Anchor ; Morning on the Scheldt ; Fish- market in Groningen (1879) ; Collision (1882) ; Looking for Anchors after Storm, North Sea (1884) ; On Coast of Holland, Evening on Strand of Scheveningen (1885) ; . W. a-lfyf In Danger, Arrived (1880). Meyer, Coiiv. Lex., xvii. 583 ; Miiller, 307 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1882), i. 407. MESSINA, ANTONELLO DA. See An- tonello da Messina. MESSINESE, IL. See Avellino, Giulio. MESSYS. See Massy*. MESTSCHERSKY, ARSENIUS, born at Tver in 1834. Genre and landscape paint- er, pupil of St. Petersburg Academy, and in Geneva of Calame ; won first prize in 1859 ; member of St. Petersburg Academy in 1801. Works : Winter Party in Finland, Laud- scapes in Finland. Dioskuren, 1868. 449
