Marcel Anselme

Marcel Anselme
Marcel Anselme
	Bourgoin
Died	1982; Bourgoin-Jallieu
Nationality	French

Marcel Anselme (1925–1982) was a French painter and engraver, and held the position of official portrait painter for Archbishop

Makarios of Cyprus for several years.^[1]

In 1948, he met Léon Garraud, a master of the Lyon School and attended his workshop. In 1962, Anselm met Nicos Dikheos, Consul of Cyprus in Lyon. The diplomat was struck by the talent of the young painter and introduced him to Archbishop Makarios, President of the Republic of Cyprus. For ten years, Anselm regularly visited the Cypriot capital of Nicosia where he was entrusted to paint the portraits of the archbishops. During this time he developed his abilities, studying the works of Dutch, Italian Renaissance, Florentine and Venetian painters.^{[citation needed]}

He painted nudes, landscapes and everyday scenes, but he excelled in portraiture.

Ror Volmar Gallery in Paris honored Anselme in 1977 with multiple exhibitions.^[3] Les Amis de la Maison Ravier held a retrospective exhibition of his work during September and October 1992, showing fifty paintings in which 'this tormented artist sought perfection in his expression".^[4]

References

^ "Parcours". Nathalie Bas. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^ "Marcel Anselme". Maison Ravier. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^ Connaissance des arts, Issues 307-310. Société Française de Promotion Artistique. 1977. p. 44.
^ "Exposition rétrospective Marcel Anselme (1925-1982), du 5 septembre au 26 octobre 1992". Les Amis de la Maison Ravier. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

Bibliography

Thiolier, Hubert: Ravier et les peintres lyonnais : 1850-1950 : Guiguet et Garraud / Hubert Thiolier, 1984, Lyon, Impr. des Beaux-Arts, 206 p. (in French)

External sources

Rétrospective Marcel ANSELME Maison RAVIER – Morestel (Isère 38), Imprimé à l’Imprimerie des Beaux-arts TIXIER et Fils à LYON (tirage en 500 exemplaires)
Catalogue d’Exposition Marcel ANSELME du 23 Novembre au 7 Décembre 1963 à la galerie St FRANÇOIS 24, rue Auguste-Comte, Lyon (2ème)
La revue Moderne, Des Arts et de la Vie – publication Mensuelle Août 1960
La revue Moderne, Des Arts et de la Vie – publication Mensuelle Décembre 1977
La revue Moderne, Des Arts et de la Vie – publication Mensuelle Juin 1979 (Page 3)

[1] "Parcours". Nathalie Bas. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

[2] "Marcel Anselme". Maison Ravier. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

[3] Connaissance des arts, Issues 307-310. Société Française de Promotion Artistique. 1977. p. 44.

[4] "Exposition rétrospective Marcel Anselme (1925-1982), du 5 septembre au 26 octobre 1992". Les Amis de la Maison Ravier. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

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