Portrait Of President Merville, Oil On Canvas Bearing The Signature Of Marcel Baschet.

Hello, I offer you this portrait of President Merville, oil on canvas bearing the signature of Marcel Baschet. André-Marcel Baschet, born August 5, 1862 in Gagny (Seine-et-Oise) and died December 28, 1941 in Paris, is a French painter and illustrator. Marcel Baschet is the second son of the art publisher Ludovic Baschet (1834-1909) who launched the Panorama and the Revue Illustré. His brother René (1860-1949) provided artistic criticism, in particular the reports from the Salons, in addition to directing the magazine L'illustration from 1904. In 1879, Marcel Baschet entered the Académie Julian in the workshop of Jules Lefebvre. A student at the Paris School of Fine Arts in the workshop of Gustave Boulanger, he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1883 in painting for CEdipe cursed his son Polynice, which earned him a residency at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1883 to 1887. On January 3, 1888, he married Jeanne Guillemeteau, with whom he had two children, a son and a daughter. He became a professor at the Académie Julian in 1889. From 1900, he was Princess Mathilde's teacher for several years. From 1907 to 1941, he had his workshop at 21 quai Voltaire in Paris, where a commemorative plaque was placed after his death. He won the medal of honor at the Salon of 1908 for his Portrait of Henri Rochefort, while his Portrait of Claude Debussy was exhibited all over the world. We owe him in particular several portraits of presidents of the Third Republic and portraits of political, scientific, literary and artistic personalities of the time who illustrated the pages of the magazine L'Illustration. He was named knight of the Legion of Honor in 1898, promoted to commander of the same order in 1913, then was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts the same year. His works are preserved, among others, in Paris at the Musée d'Orsay and at the Château de Versailles. Dimension: Chassis height: 63 cm and width 48 cm Framing height 91 cm and width 77 cm In very good general condition, just a few accidents on the golden stucco YOU CAN PAY IN 4 INSTALLMENTS WITH PAYPAL YOU CAN PAY IN 4 INSTALLMENTS WITHOUT FEES AT THE STORE VIA COFIDIS It is available in my store located at 57 rue Victor Hugo, 76000 Rouen Delivery possible, (ask for a transport quote) See you soon