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 Gagny (Seine-et-Oise), the second son of the art editor , editor of Panorama and the Revue illustrée. His brother René was the art critic for Salonsavant, and was editor of the magazine L'Illustration from 1904 to the first half of the 20th century. At 17, Marcel entered the Académie Julian in the studio of Jules Lefebvre. A student at the École des beaux-arts de Paris in the studio of Gustave Boulanger, in 1883 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting for Oedipus curses his son Polynices, and became a pensionist at the 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 Princess Mathilde. From 1907 to 1941, he had a shop at 21 Quai Voltaire in Paris, where a commemorative plaque was placed after his death. He won the médaille d'honneur in 1908 for his portrait of Henri Rochefort, and his portrait of Claude Debussy was exhibited around the world. He was awarded the Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1898, and then in 1913, he was elected a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.

His works are held in a number of private collections and museums, including the Musée d'Orsay and 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

Claude Debussy, 1884, oil on panel, 24.5 x 21.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay M. Vendryès, 1892 Ambroise Thomas, portrait presented at the exhibition of the Salon des artistes français in 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 Rome for 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) Paulo do Valle Júnior (1886-1958) Thérèse Geraldy (1884-1965)