Paul Mersereau

Paul Fontaine Mersereau (1873 in Rheims, France – ??) was a French painter. He emigrated to Shreveport, Louisiana, after studying at the Académie Julian in Paris considering Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and also considering George Inness, and next spent period in Texas. He crossed the US exhibiting his work.

Mersereau was President of the Southern National Academy of Design until 1933 gone succeeded by Nan Sheets, and a supporter of the Society of American Artists. His achievement is included in numerous public collections in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.