Owen Merton Collection

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US US-kylobm TMC-7b-iii

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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Owen Merton Collection

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Merton, Owen
(1887-1931)

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Owen Merton was Thomas Merton's father. He was born in New Zealand, studied art in Paris, and traveled in Europe, Bermuda, the United States, and northern Africa to make a living as a landscape painter.

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Atkinson, Edmund

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This Sub-Section includes paintings, correspondence, etc. related to the Thomas Merton's father, Owen Merton, and the Merton family.

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