{{Short description|Swiss painter (1823–1897)}} thumb|200px|Albert de Meuron '''Albert de Meuron''' (13 August 1823, Neuchâtel - 20 March 1897, Neuchâtel) was a Swiss landscape, genre, portrait and history painter associated with the Düsseldorf School.
== Biography == His first art lessons came from his father, the landscape painter Maximilien de Meuron. From 1841 to 1845, he lived in Germany and was a student at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,<ref name="H">{{HLS|22520}}</ref> where his instructors included Hermann Stilke and Karl Ferdinand Sohn.<ref>Bettina Baumgärtel, Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: ''Verzeichnis der ausländischen Künstler und Künstlerinnen. Nationalität, Aufenthalt und Studium in Düsseldorf''. In Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.): ''Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung 1819–1918''. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-86568-702-9}}, Vol. 1, pg. 436.</ref> During the summer holidays, he accompanied his father and his father's students on painting expeditions throughout Switzerland.<ref name="S">{{SIKART|4023132|Meuron, Albert de|Autor= |Jahr= 1998|Abrufdatum=9. Mai 2017}}</ref>
Upon the recommendation of {{ill|Léon Berthoud|fr}} (1822–1892), a local landscape painter, he went to Paris, where he became one of the first Swiss artists to work in the studios of Charles Gleyre.<ref name="S" /> In 1846, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts.<ref name="H" /> His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1848, just before the Revolution. Shortly after, he returned home and settled in the Berner Oberland. There, he spent some summers with the brothers Edouard and Karl Girardet as well as Benjamin Vautier. He made regular trips to Paris to visit with his friends there. In 1860, he spent time painting with Gustave-Henri Colin in the Pyrenees.<ref name="S" />
In 1866, he married Julie Perrot, the daughter of Louis Perrot, who belonged to a family of distinguished botanists.<ref name="S" /> This was followed by a honeymoon in Italy before they settled in Corcelles-près-Concise; his father's hometown. The following year, he was named Chairman of the "Société des amis des arts de Neuchâtel". In 1878, he represented Switzerland and sat on the jury at the Exposition Universelle. From 1888 to 1892, he was a member of the {{ill|Eidgenössische Kunstkommission|de}} (Federal Arts Commission).<ref name="H" />
==Selected paintings== <gallery mode=packed heights=180> Meuron-Shepherds.jpg|Shepherds Resting at Piz Bernina Meuron-Hikers.jpg|Alpine Landscape with Hikers Meuron-Chalets.jpg|Chalets AMeuron-Shepherd.png|Alpine Landscape with Shepherd </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * [https://archive.org/stream/malerwerkedesne01boetgoog#page/n40/mode/2up ''Meuron, Albert de'']. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: ''Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte''. Band II, Dresden 1898, S. 30 f. * Philippe Godet: ''Le peintre Albert de Meuron d’après sa correspondance avec sa famille et ses amis''. Attinger, Neuenburg 1901.
== External links == {{commonscat|Albert de Meuron}} * [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/55645 ''Albert de Meuron''], Data sheet @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie * [http://www.artnet.com/artists/albert-de-meuron/past-auction-results More works by Meuron] @ ArtNet
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