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Nereis (Nereid) (1882) by Marcel Meys (French, active 1880 – 1901), signed and dated ‘Marcel Meys / 1882’ (lower right), oil on canvas, 215 x 110cm. (84½ x 43in.), Private Collection

#Nereis #Nereid #Marcel Meys #painting #my upload #oil on canvas #art #19th century #the painting reflects the late-19th-century fascination with the academic style #Mythological Symbolism: The painting visualizes a Nereid in her natural aquatic habitat #representing the personification of sea foam waves and the mesmerizing allure of the ocean #19th-Century Academic Art: Meys was heavily influenced by Alexandre Cabanel #whose masterpiece The Birth of Venus is clearly echoed in this piece #The painting is designed to celebrate the idealized female form grace and mythological antiquity #which were highly prized in the Paris Salons of the 1880s #Artistic Movement: Showcased at the Paris Salon in 1882 it aligns with the period's broader aesthetic appreciation for romanticized #poetic and sometimes lightly eroticized classical themes

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Leda and the swan, ca. 1920 - by Marcel Meys (1886 - 1972), French

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