Discover the contemporary work of Emerich MEERSON
Né in Germany in 1932
After the advent of the Nazi regime, his family fled to their native Bulgaria. After the war 39-45 it was the communists who monopolized the government. Bulgarian. Emerich followed his first studies under this regime.
In 1947 his father and mother separated.
His mother left Bulgaria accompanied by her son towards France where she lived. where his family lived, survivors of the Hitler regime
Emerich continued his studies in a French public school. this allowed him to pass his Baccalaureate.
Not having the financial means to begin the medical studies that he had dreamed of since childhood, Emerich accepted the job offered to him by one of his uncles
in a jewelry store of which the latter was the owner. The tired uncle by the war years spent in England in the aviation part of "Free France"; led by Gaul. left Emerich totally inexperienced at this time the management of this store.
It is in these special circumstances of the post-war period that Emerich's new life began.
Since his childhood he had been attracted by drawing. his experience in this matter "saved his life" in his new profession as a jeweler-watchmaker.
In this post-war period there were more demands than supplies of available goods. It was fortunate that Emerich, thanks to He was able to use his gifts for drawing and then for creation to impose his business on the market. True success was confirmed when the first "exclusive" made according to the drawings and under the direction of Emerich had the chance to seduce the journalists of the magazine Elle as well as the customers eager for new things.
This was the beginning of the national and very quickly International career of the "Creator" Emerich Meerson with his jewelry and especially exclusive watches sold in Europe and quickly then in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore etc.
In parallel with his creations for "sale" Emerich had started almost "secretly" a career as a painter, devoting each of his free moments to it.
His wife (since 1970) like his young children did not oppose it and this was Emerich's greatest luck.
A large quantity with works filling his apartment. One evening an incredible combination of circumstances and the help of a new collector friend who invited you to join us. a "sale" around twenty buyers Emerich sold 17 of his works. It was a surprise for him and the realization of a new "beginning" and a new career.
in 1993 Emerich decided to stop all his other activities to devote himself exclusively to painting.
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Emerich Meerson, designer and painter,
né in Germany, lives and works abroad Paris.
It is difficult to attach Emerich Meerson to a school or at any trend, because its creativity abundant and his constant search for plastic expressions make him a very particular and unique artist.
His individuality is strong and recognizable in all her work, which is above all and always full of emotion.
Looking at one of his drawings, one of his paintings or one of his sculptures always inspires sensations, questions, and reflections.
Emerich Meerson, in his work, is never demonstrative; but still evocative.
The reason is that the artist, in his faith as well as in the meditations preceding his work, always seeks the truth of his work. hidden behind the visible world.
This truth which will lead us to a better, more peaceful, more fulfilled life.
Sometimes with profusion, sometimes with restraint, Emerich Meerson transposes the vibration of materials, the coexistence of order and disorder, the movement towards becoming rather than the frozen image in the present.
His work is rich and enriching
