biography of Constant MAYER (1832-1911)

Birth place: Besançon, France

Death place: Paris, France

Addresses: NYC, immigrated 1857-95; Paris, France, 1895-on

Profession: Genre and portrait painter

Studied: Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.

Exhibited: NAD, 1863-94; PAFA Ann., 1866-69, 1888; Brooklyn AA, 1867-84, 1891; AIC, 1888.

Member: Chevalier, Legion of Honor; Paris Salon (hors concours); A.N.A., 1866; AS Français.

Comments: A genre painter, he became a US citizen, and his works were popular in both Paris and the US. He revisited France several times and in 1895 returned to spend his last years in Paris.

Sources: G&W; DAB; Thieme-Becker; BÈnÈzit; Rutledge; Cowdrey, NAD; Naylor, NAD; WW08; Falk, Exh. Record Series.