Jean Hippolyte Marchand (21 November 1883 – 1940) was a French
cubist painter, printmaker and illustrator with an association with figures of the
Bloomsbury Group.
Biography
Marchand was born in Paris and studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
under
Léon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Early life
Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in M ...
from 1902 through 1906. In 1910 his painting ''Still Life with Bananas'' was exhibited in the 1910 ''Manet and Post-Impressionism'' show organized by
Roger Fry
Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more recent developme ...
and then in a second show in 1912 organized by Fry with
Clive Bell
Arthur Clive Heward Bell (16 September 1881 – 17 September 1964) was an English art critic, associated with formalism and the Bloomsbury Group. He developed the art theory known as significant form.
Biography Origins
Bell was born in East S ...
, both at the
Grafton Galleries
The Grafton Galleries, often referred to as the Grafton Gallery, was an art gallery in Mayfair, London. The French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel showed the first major exhibition in Britain of Impressionist paintings there in 1905. Roger Fry' ...
in London. This led to a kind of adoption of Marchand by the Bloomsbury circle, and his work was bought by the important British collector
Samuel Courtauld.
The painter exhibited at the
Salon d'Automne
The Salon d'Automne (; en, Autumn Salon), or Société du Salon d'automne, is an art exhibition held annually in Paris, France. Since 2011, it is held on the Champs-Élysées, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, in mid-October. The f ...
, the
Salon des Indépendants
Salon may refer to:
Common meanings
* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
* Salon (Pa ...
and the
Section d'Or
The Section d'Or ("Golden Section"), also known as Groupe de Puteaux or Puteaux Group, was a collective of Painting, painters, sculptors, poets and critics associated with Cubism and Orphism (art), Orphism. Based in the Parisian suburbs, the grou ...
. Marchand also produced
woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...
illustrations for
Paul Claudel
Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
Early lif ...
's book, ''Le Chemin de la Croix'', and for
Paul Valery's ''Le Serpent'' in 1927.
He was married to painter and printmaker
Sonia Lewitska (1880-1937).
Paintings
File:Jean-Hyppolyte Marchand.jpg, Self-portrait
File:Jean-Hippolyte-Marchand, La Source, 1911.jpg, ''La Source'' c.1911
File:Jean Marchand, Chemins de fer en Russie, 1911.jpg, ''Chemins de fer en Russie'' 1911
File:Jean Marchand, The Lake, c.1910.jpg, ''The Lake'' 1910
File:Jean MARCHAND (1882-1941) 'La sieste d'Henriette Tirman'.jpg, ''La sieste d' Henriette Tirman''
File:Jean Marchand, Maternity, 1921.jpg, ''Maternity'' 1921
File:Jean Marchand, 'Paul Signac'.jpeg, ''Paul Signac
Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style.
Biography
Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. ...
'' c.1930
Illustrations
*
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
, Bertrand Guégan (1892-1943); ''L'almanach de Cocagne pour l'an 1920-1922, Dédié aux vrais Gourmands Et aux Francs Buveurs''
Notice ''WorldCat''
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BnF
Engraved on wood and unpublished drawings of: Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...
, J. Marchand, R. Dufy, Sonia Lewitska, de Segonzac, Jean Émile Laboureur
Émile Laboureur, known as Jean Émile (16 August 1877, Nantes16 June 1943, near Pénestin) was a French painter, designer, engraver, watercolorist, lithographer, and illustrator.
Biography
He was born to a prosperous bourgeois family. In 189 ...
, Friesz, Marquet, Pierre Laprade, Signac, Louis Latapie, Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon (23 September 18657 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des ...
, Henriette Tirman and others.´
References
External links
online images of Marchand's work
invaluable.com
artnet.com (2)
invaluable.com (2)
La Section d’Or; Salon de 1912
sectiondor.wordpress.com
Jean Marchand - Autoportrait 1912 - Martin du Louvre . Paris
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1880s births
1940 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
Post-impressionist painters
Cubist artists
19th-century French male artists