Michel Serre (1658–1733) was a
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French painter.
Biography
Early life
Michel Serre was born on January 10, 1658 in Tarragona, Spain.
[''L'Artiste: journal de la littérature et des beaux-arts'', L'Artiste, 1849, pp. 100–10]
/ref>[ Alexandre Gueidon, ''Comte Godefroy de Montgrand: Armorial de la ville de Marseille'', Marseille, 1864, p. 181-183] His father was Jacques Serre and his mother, Marie Barbos.
Career
As a painter, he specialized in baroque painting, religious paintings and the Great Plague of Marseille. Many of his paintings can be found in Roman Catholic churches in Provence
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In Marseille, three of his paintings are displayed in the Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins: ''Sainte Marguerite'', ''La Vierge à l'enfant apparaissant à Saint Pierre'' and ''Saint Paul''. Another one is displayed in the Église des Chartreux: ''Madeleine enlevée par les anges''. Three are displayed in the Église Saint-Matthieu de Château-Gombert: ''Le Christ roi, la Vierge et Saint-Joseph ou Le purgatoire'', ''L'agonie de la Madeleine'' and ''Franciscains devant la Vierge ou apothéose de l'ordre de saint François''. One painting, ''La vierge en prière dans l’atelier de Nazareth'', is displayed in the Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille
The Abbey of Saint-Victor is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr, Victor of Marseilles.
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The crypts of the abbey contains artefa ...
and two are displayed in the Église Saint-Cannat: ''La vierge à l’enfant et le purgatoire'' and ''La purification de la Vierge''. Another one is displayed in the Église des Grands-Carmes: ''Cycle de la vie de la Vierge'', while the Église Saint Roch in Mazargues
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is home to ''Apothéose de saint Roch''. Moreover, the Église de la Pomme displays ''Annonciation, saint Jean-Baptiste et saint Étienne'' while the Église Saint-Sébastien in Allauch
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has ''Mort de Saint-Joseph'' and ''La fuite en Égypte''.
In Aix-en-Provence
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, his painting entitled ''Apothéose de Saint-Augustin'' is displayed in the Église Saint-Jean-de-Malte
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while two other paintings, ''Le repas chez Simon le pharisien'' and ''Ex-voto de la peste'' can be seen in the Église de la Madeleine
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In Le Beausset
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, the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Beauvoir is home to ''Le vœu de Mgr de Belsunce'', representing Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron
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(1671–1755). In Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
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, four of his paintings are displayed inside the Basilica of Sainte Marie Madeleine: ''L'enfant Jésus'', ''Sainte-Anne, la Vierge et l’enfant jésus, Saint-Joseph'', ''La Vierge à l'Enfant et le purgatoire'' and ''Saint-Thomas d’Aquin foudroyant l'hérésie''.
In La Ciotat
La Ciotat (; oc, label= Provençal Occitan, La Ciutat ; in Mistralian spelling ''La Ciéutat''; 'the City') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is the southeasternmost ...
, two of his paintings, ''Vierge de grâces'' and ''Vierge de grâces et purgatoire'', are displayed in the Église Notre-Dame. Moreover, in Draguignan
Draguignan (; oc, Draguinhan) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France.
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, his painting ''Vierge donnant le scapulaire à Simon Stock'' can be seen inside the Église Saint-Michel. In Versailles
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, the Église Saint-Symphorien has one of his paintings, ''Les vendeurs chassés du temple'', on display.
Some of his paintings are also found in museums. In the Villa Gaby Deslys in Marseille, formerly the private residence of Gaby Deslys
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, one can see his painting entitled ''La résurrection de Lazare''. Also in Marseille, the Musée Grobet-Labadié displays ''Notre-Dame du bon voyage''. Additionally, several of his paintings are displayed in the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
It occupies a wing of the Palais Longchamp, and displays a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings fro ...
: ''L’éducation de la Vierge'', ''Présentation de la Vierge au temple'', ''La visitation'', ''Présentation de Jésus au temple'', ''Jésus au temple parmi les docteurs'', ''Saint-Benoît ressuscite un jeune moine mort'', ''Cycle de la vie de Saint-François'', ''Le martyre de Saint Pierre Vérone'', ''Le miracle de Saint Hyacinthe'', ''La vierge à l'enfant'', ''Saint-François de Sales'', and ''Sainte Jeanne de Chantal''.[Julie Pellizzone, ''Souvenirs (1787–1815)'', Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l'Université de Provence, 1995, p. 354] In Aix-en-Provence, the Musée Granet
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The museum, adjacent to the Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte, first o ...
displays one of his paintings: ''La vierge à l’enfant, moine bénédictin, Sainte félicité et Perpétue''.
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(1638–1715) appointed him as official painter of French galley
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Personal life
On May 1, 1685, he married Florie Régimonde, daughter of Jean Régimonde et de Jeanne Montaignon, in the Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules in Marseille.
Legacy
* The ''Rue Michel Serre'' in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille is named in his honour.
Bibliography
* Pierre Parrocel, ''Le peintre Michel Serre et ses tableaux relatifs à la peste de Marseille'' (1901 – 11 pages).
* Marie-Claude Homet, ''Michel Serre et la peinture baroque en Provence (1658–1733)'' (Edisud, 1987, 197 pages).Google Books
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References
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1658 births
1733 deaths
People from Tarragona
Artists from Marseille
Spanish emigrants to France
Spanish painters
French Baroque painters