Marcel-André Baschet (5 August 1862 – 28 December 1941) was a French portrait painter, notable for his numerous portraits of the Presidents of the

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Biography

He was born in

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(

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was the art critic for Salonsavant, and was editor of the magazine ''

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'' from 1904 to the first half of the 20th century. At 17, Marcel entered the

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in the studio of

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. A student at the

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in the studio of

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, in 1883 he won the

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for painting for ''

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curses his son

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'', and became a pensionist at the

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from 1883 to 1887. On 3 January 1888, he married Jeanne Guillemeteau, and they had two children, one son and one daughter. He became a teacher at the Académie Julian in 1889. From 1900, he spent a number of years as a teacher to Princess Mathilde. From 1907 to 1941, he had a shop at 21

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in Paris, where a commemorative plaque was placed after his death. He won the médaille d'honneur in 1908 for his portrait of

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, and his portrait of

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was exhibited around the world. He was awarded the Knight of the

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in 1898, and then in 1913, he was elected a member of the

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. His works are held in a number of private collections and museums, including the

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and

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. His younger brother Jacques (1872–1952) was a historian, art critic, artistic director, and editor of the magazine ''L'Illustration'', and director of a national company.

Works

(incomplete list)

Paintings

, 1884, oil on panel, 24.5 x 21.5 cm,

* M. Vendryès, 1892 *

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, portrait presented at the exhibition of the

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in 1895, published in ''L'Artiste'', November 1896 *

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, 1896 * Mrs

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, wife of the composer, 1897, presented in competition at the Salon des artistes français in 1898 * Charles Pardinel, 1898 * Portrait of family, 1899, oil on canvas, presented in competition at the Salon des artistes français * Comtesse de Bourbon-Ligniéres, 1900 * Mrs Delacroix, 1900 * René Baschet, 1901 * Armande Fajard, 1901 * Pierre Baschet, 1901 * Jérôme Doucet * Mrs René Baschet, 1905 *

, 1905 * Roger Baschet, 1907 * Ludovic Baschet, 1907 *

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, 1907 * Mrs

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, 1907 *

, 1908 *

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, 1909 *

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, 1910 * Count of Gramont, 1910 * Countess Pillet-Will, 1910 * Count of Bourbon-Lignières, 1910 * Miss Cocteau, 1910 * Seydoux boys, 1910 * Marquis de Dion, 1911 *

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, 1913 * Suzanne Fajard, 1915 * Mrs Lyautey, 1915 *

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, 1917 * Général Gouraud, 1919 * Maréchal Foch, 1919, pastel on paper, 57 x 42 cm, Musée de l'Armée * Duke of Mortemart, 1919 * Miss Michelin, 1920 *

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, 1922 *

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, 1926, oil on canvas, 122 x 95 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles *

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, 1926 * The Maharajah of

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, 1927 * Maréchal Fayolle, 1927 * Duchess of Brissac, 1927 * Mr and Mrs Schlumberger, 1928 * Marquis of Juigné, 1929 * Marquis of Vogüé, 1929 * Baron von Zuylen, 1929 * Duke of Broglie, 1930 * Général Weygand, 1930 *

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, 1932 *

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, 1932, oil on canvas, 137 x 101 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles *

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, 1934, oil on canvas, 129 x 104 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles * Fadri

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, 1934 * Mrs Roger Couvelaire, 1930 * Baron of Turckeim, 1938 *

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, 1939

Engravings, lithographs

* ''Le Salon de Peinture, portrait of Melle Louise Lyman''

Illustrations

* ''Drogues et Peinture'' 24 illustrations by the artist, édition Laboratoire pharmaceutique Chantereau à Paris, Album d'Art Contemporain, n° 54, s. d., v. 1937

Exhibitions

* 1908 -

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: Médaille d'Honneur

Prizes, awards

* 1883 - First

for painting * 1908 - Médaille d'Honneur of the

* 1913 - Member of the

* Society of Artistes français

Museums, monuments

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* Musée du Château de Versailles *

Students

(incomplete list) * John William Ashton (1881–1963) * Pierre Gourdault (1880-1915) * Léonie Humbert-Vignot (1878-1960) at the Académie Julian * Marthe Orant (1874-1951) * Charles Picart le Doux (1881-1959) *

André Prévot-Valéri André Prévot-Valéri (March 20, 1890—July, 1959) was a French painter known for pastoral and coastal landscapes, especially in Normandy, where he spent the last decades of his life. He also published drawings of scenes he witnessed as a soldi ...

(1890-1956)Société des artistes français (1928), p. 82. * Paulo do Valle Júnior (1886-1958) *

Thérèse Geraldy Thérèse-Marie-Rosine Geraldy (18 June 1884 – 31 July 1965) was a French portrait artist. Life Born at Paris, Geraldy was the daughter of Louis Paul Lucien Geraldy, an artist, by his marriage to Marie-Anne-Elizabeth Delsarte, a drawing mistre ...

(1884-1965)

Bibliography

* François Antoine Vizzavona, ''Portrait de l'Artiste en Académicien'' * Jacques Baschet, ''Marcel Baschet, sa vie, son œuvre'', Imp Sadag, ''L'Illustration'', 1942 * Société des Artistes Français
''Salon de 1928: Exposition Annuelle des Beaux-Arts''
1928. * Joseph Uzanne, ''Figures contemporaines tirées de l'album Mariani'', Librairie Henri Floury Paris, vol. VI, 1901

Notes and references

External links

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