Nationality Spanish
French Spouse(s) Florie Regimonde Role Philosopher Education Ecole Normale Superieure | Occupation Painter Name Michel Serre Schools of thought Continental philosophy | |
Born January 10, 1658 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Died October 10, 1733
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Parent(s) Jacques Serre
Marie Barbos Influenced Bruno Latour, Isabelle Stengers, Steven Connor, Ilya Prigogine, Pierre Levy Influenced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gaston Bachelard, Simone Weil Books The natural contract, The Parasite, Malfeasance: Appropriation Through, The five senses, The troubadour of knowle Similar People Bruno Latour, Pierre Lena, Nayla Farouki, Ilya Prigogine, Pascal G Picq | ||
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Michel Serre (1658–1733) was a Catalan-born French painter.
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Early life
Michel Serre was born on January 10, 1658 in Tarragona, Spain. His father was Jacques Serre and his mother, Marie Barbos.
Career
As a painter, he specialized in baroque painting, religious paintings and the Great Plague of Marseille. Many of his paintings can be found in Roman Catholic churches in Provence.
In Marseille, three of his paintings are displayed in the Eglise Saint-Ferreol les Augustins: Sainte Marguerite, La Vierge a l'enfant apparaissant a Saint Pierre and Saint Paul. Another one is displayed in the Eglise des Chartreux: Madeleine enlevee par les anges. Three are displayed in the Eglise Saint-Matthieu de Chateau-Gombert: Le Christ roi, la Vierge et Saint-Joseph ou Le purgatoire, L'agonie de la Madeleine and Franciscains devant la Vierge ou apotheose de l'ordre de saint Francois. One painting, La vierge en priere dans l’atelier de Nazareth, is displayed in the Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille and two are displayed in the Eglise Saint-Cannat: La vierge a l’enfant et le purgatoire and La purification de la Vierge. Another one is displayed in the Eglise des Grands-Carmes: Cycle de la vie de la Vierge, while the Eglise Saint Roch in Mazargues is home to Apotheose de saint Roch. Moreover, the Eglise de la Pomme displays Annonciation, saint Jean-Baptiste et saint Etienne while the Eglise Saint-Sebastien in Allauch has Mort de Saint-Joseph and La fuite en Egypte.
In Aix-en-Provence, his painting entitled Apotheose de Saint-Augustin is displayed in the Eglise Saint-Jean-de-Malte while two other paintings, Le repas chez Simon le pharisien and Ex-voto de la peste can be seen in the Eglise de la Madeleine.
In Le Beausset, Var, the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Beauvoir is home to Le vœu de Mgr de Belsunce, representing Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron (1671–1755). In Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, four of his paintings are displayed inside the Basilica of Sainte Marie Madeleine: L'enfant Jesus, Sainte-Anne, la Vierge et l’enfant jesus, Saint-Joseph, La Vierge a l'Enfant et le purgatoire and Saint-Thomas d’Aquin foudroyant l'heresie.
In La Ciotat, two of his paintings, Vierge de graces and Vierge de graces et purgatoire, are displayed in the Eglise Notre-Dame. Moreover, in Draguignan, his painting Vierge donnant le scapulaire a Simon Stock can be seen inside the Eglise Saint-Michel. In Versailles, the Eglise Saint-Symphorien has one of his paintings, Les vendeurs chasses du temple, on display.
Some of his paintings are also found in museums. In the Villa Gaby Deslys in Marseille, formerly the private residence of Gaby Deslys, one can see his painting entitled La resurrection de Lazare. Also in Marseille, the Musee Grobet-Labadie displays Notre-Dame du bon voyage. Additionally, several of his paintings are displayed in the Musee des beaux-arts de Marseille: L’education de la Vierge, Presentation de la Vierge au temple, La visitation, Presentation de Jesus au temple, Jesus au temple parmi les docteurs, Saint-Benoit ressuscite un jeune moine mort, Cycle de la vie de Saint-Francois, Le martyre de Saint Pierre Verone, Le miracle de Saint Hyacinthe, La vierge a l'enfant, Saint-Francois de Sales, and Sainte Jeanne de Chantal. In Aix-en-Provence, the Musee Granet displays one of his paintings: La vierge a l’enfant, moine benedictin, Sainte felicite et Perpetue.
Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) appointed him as official painter of French galleys.
Personal life
On May 1, 1685, he married Florie Regimonde, daughter of Jean Regimonde et de Jeanne Montaignon, in the Eglise Notre-Dame-des-Accoules in Marseille.
He died on October 10, 1733 in Marseille. He was buried in the Eglise Saint-Ferreol les Augustins in Marseille.