Charles-Raphaël Maréchal

Charles-Raphaël Maréchal (1818–1888) was a French painter of the nineteenth century.

Maréchal was the son of the glass painter Charles-Laurent Maréchal. Like his father, he was born in Metz, in 1881. He was trained in charcoal technique from a young age by his father[1] and pointed toward an artistic career. He exhibited several times at the Salon (the official art exhibition of the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris), including in 1868.[2] In 1872, the City of Metz bought the immense charcoal work Prayer In The Wilderness, which Maréchal had produced for the Metz Exposition of 1861.[1]

Interested in chemistry, he is credited as co-inventor (with Cyprien Tessié du Motay) of the collotype process.[note 1] Maréchal and du Motay's work won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1867.[1] Together, Maréchal and du Motay were awarded several patents for processes such as printing on glass windows, producing oxygen for public lighting, and so forth.

Maréchal died in Paris on 8 April 1888.[1]

Works in the Louvre collection

Maréchal's works in the collection of the Louvre in Paris are:[3]

  • "The Emperor and Empress, In Their Wisdom and Might, Demonstrate the Grand Designs That Will Cover the Reign of Napoleon III in Glory" (oil on canvas)
  • "Presentation of the Tuileries design to Catherine de Medici" (oil on canvas)
  • "Presentation to Henry IV of the waterfront gallery" (oil on canvas)
  • "Presentation to Louis XIV of the Louvre colonnade" (oil on canvas)
  • "Presentation to Francis I of the original draft of the Louvre" (oil on canvas)

References

    1. 1 2 3 4 Bellard, André (1959). "Laurent-Charles Maréchal, l'École de Metz" [Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the Metz School]. Les cahiers lorrains [The Lorraine Notebooks]. Metz: S.H.A.L. p. 7. (in French)
    2. ↑ Salon: Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure, des artistes vivants [Salon: Understanding the Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving Works of Living Artists]. Paris: Société des artistes français [French Artists Society]. 1885. (in French)
    3. ↑ "Joconde: Portail des collections des musées de France" [Mona Lisa: Collections Portal of the Museums of France]. Ministry of Culture, Republic of France. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2016. (in French)

    Notes

    1. ↑ Invention of the collotype is also ascribed to Alphonse Louis Poitevin
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