Marcel Baschet
Marcel-André Baschet (5 August 1862 – 28 December 1941) was a French portrait painter, notable for his numerous portraits of the Presidents of the French Third Republic.
Biography
He was born in
Villa Médicis in Rome
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
Académie des beaux-arts
.
His works are held in a number of private collections and museums, including the
Château de Versailles
. 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
Grand Prix de Rome
- Claude Debussy, 1884, oil on panel, 24.5 x 21.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay
- M. Vendryès, 1892
- Salon des artistes françaisin 1895, published in L'Artiste, November 1896
- Henri Brisson, 1896
- Mrs Gabriel Pierné, 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
- Jules Lefebvre, 1905
- Roger Baschet, 1907
- Ludovic Baschet, 1907
- Henri Lavedan, 1907
- Mrs Georges Leygues, 1907
- Henri Rochefort, 1908
- Louise Weiss, 1909
- Jean Richepin, 1910
- Count of Gramont, 1910
- Countess Pillet-Will, 1910
- Count of Bourbon-Lignières, 1910
- Miss Cocteau, 1910
- Seydoux boys, 1910
- Marquis de Dion, 1911
- Raymond Poincaré, 1913
- Suzanne Fajard, 1915
- Mrs Lyautey, 1915
- Aristide Briand, 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
- Alexandre Millerand, 1922
- Gaston Doumergue, 1926, oil on canvas, 122 x 95 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles
- Philippe Pétain, 1926
- The Maharajah of Kapurthala, 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
- Maurice de Broglie, 1932
- Paul Doumer, 1932, oil on canvas, 137 x 101 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles
- Albert Lebrun, 1934, oil on canvas, 129 x 104 cm, Musée du Château de Versailles
- Fadri Aga Khan, 1934
- Mrs Roger Couvelaire, 1930
- Baron of Turckeim, 1938
- Édouard Branly, 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 - Salon des Artistes Français: Médaille d'Honneur
Prizes, awards
- 1883 - First Grand Prix de Romefor painting
- 1908 - Médaille d'Honneur of the Salon des Artistes Français
- 1913 - Member of the Académie des beaux-arts
- Society of Artistes français
Museums, monuments
- Musée de l'Armée
- Musée du Château de Versailles
- Musée d'Orsay
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 (1890-1956)[2]
- Paulo do Valle Júnior (1886-1958)
- Thérèse Geraldy (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
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