Albert Marquet
1875 (Bordeaux) / 1947 (Paris)
Although he actively participated in the salons with his fellow painters, Marquet's Fauvism was not that of Matisse or Derain. He himself does not consider himself a "pure Fauvist". As early as 1901, he innovated with Matisse by using pure tones on his canvases, but he soon moved away from the clash of colors, more attracted by the treatment of Japanese prints, their concise composition and simplified forms. Marquet seems to have made Hokusai's formula his own: "To manage not to draw a dot that is not alive." Matisse - who enters straight into the color, a vector of expression of subjectivity - analyzes their differences as follows: "Marquet is quite realistic, he does not interpret the colors; he attaches himself rather to the values and lines, preferring a palette of shades of gray or blue or rainy atmospheres that highlight the cities ... he will always be our Hokusai."
Although he actively participated in the salons with his fellow painters, Marquet's Fauvism was not that of Matisse or Derain. He himself does not consider himself a "pure Fauvist". As early as 1901, he innovated with Matisse by using pure tones on his canvases, but he soon moved away from the clash of colors, more attracted by the treatment of Japanese prints, their concise composition and simplified forms. Marquet seems to have made Hokusai's formula his own: "To manage not to draw a dot that is not alive." Matisse - who enters straight into the color, a vector of expression of subjectivity - analyzes their differences as follows: "Marquet is quite realistic, he does not interpret the colors; he attaches himself rather to the values and lines, preferring a palette of shades of gray or blue or rainy atmospheres that highlight the cities ... he will always be our Hokusai."
Artist's exhibitions
Un été au Havre 2023
24/06/2023 - 17/09/2023
(Le Havre) Le Havre
24/06/2023 - 17/09/2023
(Le Havre) Le Havre
En route vers l’impressionnisme. Le paysage dans les collections du musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims.
01/10/2022 - 19/03/2023
(Lodève) Musée de Lodève
01/10/2022 - 19/03/2023
(Lodève) Musée de Lodève
Devenir Matisse. "Ce que les maîtres ont de meilleur..."
09/11/2019 - 09/02/2020
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis) Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis
09/11/2019 - 09/02/2020
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis) Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis
Marquet. La Méditerranée, d’une rive à l’autre
28/06/2019 - 03/11/2019
(Sète) Musée Paul Valéry
28/06/2019 - 03/11/2019
(Sète) Musée Paul Valéry
Le Cercle de l’art moderne – Collectionneurs d’avant-garde au Havre
19/09/2012 - 06/01/2013
(Paris) Musée du Luxembourg
19/09/2012 - 06/01/2013
(Paris) Musée du Luxembourg
De Delacroix à Marquet - Les dessins de la collection Olivier Senn
12/03/2011 - 22/05/2011
(Le Havre) MuMa - Musée d’art moderne André Malraux
12/03/2011 - 22/05/2011
(Le Havre) MuMa - Musée d’art moderne André Malraux
Céret : un siècle de paysages sublimés
20/06/2009 - 31/10/2009
(Céret) Musée d’art Moderne de Céret
20/06/2009 - 31/10/2009
(Céret) Musée d’art Moderne de Céret