Marcel Baschet

Biography

He was born in Gagny (Seine-et-Oise), the second son of the art editor Ludovic Baschet, 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, HSB : 24,5 X 21,5, 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, HST 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, musée de l'Armée

Duke of Mortemart, 1919

Miss Michelin, 1920

Alexandre Millerand, 1922

Gaston Doumergue, 1926, HST 122 X 95, 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, HST 137 X 101, musée du Château de Versailles

Albert Lebrun, 1934, HST 129 X 104, 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)

Paulo do Valle Júnior (1886-1958).

Thérèse Geraldy (1884-1965).