Vera Mercer (1936) - photo 1

Vera Mercer

Vera Mercer is a German-born photographer who lives and works in France and the United States.

In the early 1960s she became part of the artistic avant-garde in Paris, which later became known as the "New Realists" (Nouveau Réaliste), photographing movie stars and avant-garde artists of the time. Later she found a new inspiration.

Mercer creates extraordinary large-scale photographic still lifes of food. With the right lighting and carefully chosen compositions of china, cutlery, fruit, seafood and game, Mercer's photographs resemble still lifes in the Dutch Baroque style. With burning candles and artful arrangements, the paintings, flooded with mystical light, are also a reinterpretation of classic vanitas motifs.

Date and place of birt:1936, Berlin, Germany
Nationality:France, USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Photographer
Genre:Fantasy, Documentary photography, Flower still life, Portrait, Still life
Art style:Post War Art, Avant-garde, Color photo, Food Photography, Contemporary art
Technique:Photographic printing

Creators France

Alexander Konstantinovich Orlov (1899 - 1979)
Alexander Konstantinovich Orlov
1899 - 1979
Edouard Traviès (1809 - 1876)
Edouard Traviès
1809 - 1876
Robert Couturier (1905 - 2008)
Robert Couturier
1905 - 2008
André Loupot (1869 - 1943)
André Loupot
1869 - 1943
Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817 - 1878)
Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
1817 - 1878
Pierre Patel (1605 - 1676)
Pierre Patel
1605 - 1676
 Toyen (1902 - 1980)
Toyen
1902 - 1980
Joël Kermarrec (1939 - 2022)
Joël Kermarrec
1939 - 2022
Alexander Kalam (1810 - 1864)
Alexander Kalam
1810 - 1864
François-Rupert Carabin (1862 - 1932)
François-Rupert Carabin
1862 - 1932
Serge Ivanoff (1893 - 1983)
Serge Ivanoff
1893 - 1983
Charles Ferdinand Ceramano (1831 - 1909)
Charles Ferdinand Ceramano
1831 - 1909
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (1861 - 1939)
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin
1861 - 1939
Pierre Langlade (1907 - 1972)
Pierre Langlade
1907 - 1972
Tadeusz Makowski (1882 - 1932)
Tadeusz Makowski
1882 - 1932
Xavier Oriach (1927)
Xavier Oriach
1927

Creators Avant-garde

Tamam al Akhal (1935)
Tamam al Akhal
1935
Carlo Mense (1886 - 1965)
Carlo Mense
1886 - 1965
Otto Muller (1905 - 1993)
Otto Muller
1905 - 1993
Robert Storm Petersen (Storm P.) (1882 - 1949)
Robert Storm Petersen (Storm P.)
1882 - 1949
Louis Icart (1888 - 1950)
Louis Icart
1888 - 1950
Andrei Leonidovich Yakhnin (1966)
Andrei Leonidovich Yakhnin
1966
Bruce Conner (1933 - 2008)
Bruce Conner
1933 - 2008
Gernot Bubenik (1942)
Gernot Bubenik
1942
Katy Grannan (1969)
Katy Grannan
1969
Thomas Helbig (1967)
Thomas Helbig
1967
Nikolay Stepanovich Borovsky (1930 - 1988)
Nikolay Stepanovich Borovsky
1930 - 1988
Kurt Sigrist (1943)
Kurt Sigrist
1943
Ugo Rondinone (1964)
Ugo Rondinone
1964
Kurt Klamann (1907 - 1984)
Kurt Klamann
1907 - 1984
Philip Kistner (1987)
Philip Kistner
1987
Morgan Russell (1886 - 1953)
Morgan Russell
1886 - 1953
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