Welcome to the Marcel Gimond art database. We created this online archive to make his work more accessible to researchers, teachers, students and anyone wishing to learn more about it. We hope you find this resource useful.
This online selection of works is not a catalogue raisonné and should not be taken as a complete list of every work created by Marcel Gimond.
His work
Welcome to the Marcel Gimond art database. We created this online archive to make his work more accessible to researchers, teachers, students and anyone wishing to learn more about it. We hope you find this resource useful.
This online selection of works is not a catalogue raisonné and should not be taken as a complete list of every work created by Marcel Gimond.
His work
Galerie Vollard, Paris
Galerie Druet, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Kunstkring, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
ouring Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, assembled by the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; traveled in North America
Galerie Druet, Paris Galerie Fletchtheim, Berlin; traveled to Goupil Gallery, London
Weyhe Gallery, New York Galerie Giroux, Brussels
Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland Brummer Gallery, New York 1935 Zwemmer Gallery, London
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York Les Maitres de l’Art Independent 1895-1937, Maillol and others, Petit Palais, Paris
Institute of Modern Art, Boston
Arts Club of Chicago Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
Weyhe Gallery, New York
Kunstverein, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany
Musee des Beaus-Arts, Nancy, France
Musee Cantini, Marseille, France
Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York; traveled in the US
(Centenary Exhibition) Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris Kunstverein Hamburg,
Germany Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; traveled in
Germany National Museum of Western Art,
Tokyo Musee des Beaux-Arts, Neuchatel,
Switzerland Palais de la Mediterranee, Nice,
France Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Brest
Palais des Congrès, Perpignan
Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris
IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern
Musée d’Aubenas
Exhibitions
Galerie Vollard, Paris
Galerie Druet, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Kunstkring, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
ouring Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, assembled by the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; traveled in North America
Galerie Druet, Paris Galerie Fletchtheim, Berlin; traveled to Goupil Gallery, London
Weyhe Gallery, New York Galerie Giroux, Brussels
Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland Brummer Gallery, New York 1935 Zwemmer Gallery, London
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York Les Maitres de l’Art Independent 1895-1937, Maillol and others, Petit Palais, Paris
Institute of Modern Art, Boston
Arts Club of Chicago Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
Weyhe Gallery, New York
Kunstverein, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany
Musee des Beaus-Arts, Nancy, France
Musee Cantini, Marseille, France
Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York; traveled in the US
(Centenary Exhibition) Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris Kunstverein Hamburg,
Germany Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; traveled in
Germany National Museum of Western Art,
Tokyo Musee des Beaux-Arts, Neuchatel,
Switzerland Palais de la Mediterranee, Nice,
France Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Brest
Palais des Congrès, Perpignan
Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris
IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern
Musée d’Aubenas
Exhibitions
Laurence Sallenave, the artist’s great-niece, is the only person authorised to issue certificates and authenticate a work. She was close to her great-uncle throughout her childhood and is the sole holder of his moral rights. She will issue a certificate only after inspecting the work. Every request for authentication is systematically archived.
Individuals, art dealers, auction houses and institutions are invited to enquire about the authenticity of works by Marcel Gimond. All enquiries are treated confidentially. Information and photographs submitted become the property of the estate and may be used to prepare the future catalogue raisonné. The estate cannot provide valuations of artworks.
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Information
Laurence Sallenave, the artist’s great-niece, is the only person authorised to issue certificates and authenticate a work. She was close to her great-uncle throughout her childhood and is the sole holder of his moral rights. She will issue a certificate only after inspecting the work. Every request for authentication is systematically archived.
Individuals, art dealers, auction houses and institutions are invited to enquire about the authenticity of works by Marcel Gimond. All enquiries are treated confidentially. Information and photographs submitted become the property of the estate and may be used to prepare the future catalogue raisonné. The estate cannot provide valuations of artworks.
1. Provide all documents concerning the work (provenance, previous owner, copy of invoice, history, origin, etc.).
2. Provide the exact dimensions of the work, whether a sculpture or a work on paper.
3. Provide two professional-quality black-and-white photographs, 18 × 24 cm.
4. Provide a digital file on CD or USB drive.
5. Provide the full name of the owner or their representative.
6. Provide the full postal address.
7. Provide a telephone number and email address. There is no fee.
Information
The Marcel Gimond estate invites collectors and museums to provide any information about Gimond’s works for inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.
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Contact: Complete the form below and we will try to respond as soon as possible. All fields are required.
The Marcel Gimond estate invites collectors and museums to provide any information about Gimond’s works for inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.
The entire website is subject to French and international copyright and intellectual property law. All reproduction rights are reserved and strictly limited.
Reproducing all or part of this site, in any medium, is strictly prohibited without express written permission.
If you wish to reproduce a work by Marcel Gimond in any medium, please contact the estate’s copyright representative:
Information
For authentication enquiries, please read our policy. We do not provide valuation services.
Contact: Complete the form below and we will try to respond as soon as possible. All fields are required.
The Marcel Gimond estate invites collectors and museums to provide any information about Gimond’s works for inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.
The entire website is subject to French and international copyright and intellectual property law. All reproduction rights are reserved and strictly limited.
Reproducing all or part of this site, in any medium, is strictly prohibited without express written permission.
If you wish to reproduce a work by Marcel Gimond in any medium, please contact the estate’s copyright representative:
Contact
For authentication enquiries, please read our policy. We do not provide valuation services.
Contact: Complete the form below and we will try to respond as soon as possible. All fields are required.
The Marcel Gimond estate invites collectors and museums to provide any information about Gimond’s works for inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.
The entire website is subject to French and international copyright and intellectual property law. All reproduction rights are reserved and strictly limited.
Reproducing all or part of this site, in any medium, is strictly prohibited without express written permission.
If you wish to reproduce a work by Marcel Gimond in any medium, please contact the estate’s copyright representative:
Contact
For authentication enquiries, please read our policy. We do not provide valuation services.
Contact: Complete the form below and we will try to respond as soon as possible. All fields are required.
27 April 1894: Marcel Antoine Gimond is born to an artistic ironworker.
He studies at Lycée Ampère in Lyon.
He studies Latin and Greek and would like to become an architect, but is not strong enough in mathematics.
He passes his baccalaureate.
1912: He enrols in the modelling studio at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.
After graduating in 1917, he marries Julie Chorel, a student in the same studio.
1917: He arrives in Paris and settles in Marly-le-Roi.
He works with Maillol until 1920, then leaves to settle in Paris and regain his independence.
He meets many painters older than himself, particularly Bonnard, Matisse and Maurice Denis.
He makes numerous journeys abroad, across Europe.
1940: He leaves Paris for the southern zone, living first in Lyon and then in Aix-en-Provence. He spends his summers in Saint-Félicien with the poet Charles Forot. In Aix, he meets artists who have fled the Germans (Dunoyer, Marinot and others) and becomes friends with regional artists including Chabaud, Verdilhan and Olive.
At the Liberation in 1944, he returns to Paris and his studio on rue Ordener, which he leaves only a few months before his sudden death on 13 October 1961.
1946–1961: He teaches at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in what was known as the “Atelier Gimond”.
Biography
27 April 1894: Marcel Antoine Gimond is born to an artistic ironworker.
He studies at Lycée Ampère in Lyon.
He studies Latin and Greek and would like to become an architect, but is not strong enough in mathematics.
He passes his baccalaureate.
1912: He enrols in the modelling studio at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.
After graduating in 1917, he marries Julie Chorel, a student in the same studio.
1917: He arrives in Paris and settles in Marly-le-Roi.
He works with Maillol until 1920, then leaves to settle in Paris and regain his independence.
He meets many painters older than himself, particularly Bonnard, Matisse and Maurice Denis.
He makes numerous journeys abroad, across Europe.
1940: He leaves Paris for the southern zone, living first in Lyon and then in Aix-en-Provence. He spends his summers in Saint-Félicien with the poet Charles Forot. In Aix, he meets artists who have fled the Germans (Dunoyer, Marinot and others) and becomes friends with regional artists including Chabaud, Verdilhan and Olive.
At the Liberation in 1944, he returns to Paris and his studio on rue Ordener, which he leaves only a few months before his sudden death on 13 October 1961.
1946–1961: He teaches at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in what was known as the “Atelier Gimond”.
Biography
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée Saint Pierre, Lyon Musée Cantini, Marseille Musée Chéret, Nice Musée des Colettes, Cagnes Musée des Beaux Arts d’Albi, Amiens, Arles, Aix en Provence, Belfort, Cambrai, Dijon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Nantes, Orléans, Riom, Rodez, Rouen, Saint-Denis,Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tournon, Valence,Valenciennes, Versailles Musée d’Art et d’Industrie de Saint Etienne Musée du Château de Rambouillet Musée d’Art Moderne de Troyes
Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Alger Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles Musée Bezabel de Jérusalem National Gallery of Victoria à Melbourne National Museum de Stockholm National Portrait Gallery à Londres Musée du Petit Palais à Genève Bibliothèque Ambrosiana à Milan National Museum of Greece
Museums
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée Saint Pierre, Lyon Musée Cantini, Marseille Musée Chéret, Nice Musée des Colettes, Cagnes Musée des Beaux Arts d’Albi, Amiens, Arles, Aix en Provence, Belfort, Cambrai, Dijon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Nantes, Orléans, Riom, Rodez, Rouen, Saint-Denis,Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tournon, Valence,Valenciennes, Versailles Musée d’Art et d’Industrie de Saint Etienne Musée du Château de Rambouillet Musée d’Art Moderne de Troyes
Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Alger Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles Musée Bezabel de Jérusalem National Gallery of Victoria à Melbourne National Museum de Stockholm National Portrait Gallery à Londres Musée du Petit Palais à Genève Bibliothèque Ambrosiana à Milan National Museum of Greece
Museums
1930: Marcel Gimond, Paris Gallimard collection des Peintres et Sculpteurs Français Nouveaux.
1952: Marcel Gimond, par Thierry Maulnier, edition du Lion, Monte Carlo.
1962: Gimond et l’Esprit des Formes, par Waldemar Georges, Paris.
1935: Sculpture , St Félicien, Ardèche, édition du Pigeonnier.
1945: “Menus propos sur le portrait sculpté, différence entre la nature et la sculpture” préface au catalogue de l’exposition de la Jeune Scumpture Française à la Galerie Christofle, Paris.
1946: Jeunes Sculpteurs Français, édition P.Dupont, Paris.
1950: Quelques réflexions sur l’Art d’Aujourd’hui, édition du Dauphin.
1961: “Réfutations de certaines erreurs concernant la Sculpture“ deux articles dans Esculape, Mars et Avril 1961.
1963: Poèmes de Jeunesse, Tournon. 1963: Comment je comprends la Sculpture, Paris, Arted.
Publications
1930: Marcel Gimond, Paris Gallimard collection des Peintres et Sculpteurs Français Nouveaux.
1952: Marcel Gimond, par Thierry Maulnier, edition du Lion, Monte Carlo.
1962: Gimond et l’Esprit des Formes, par Waldemar Georges, Paris.
1935: Sculpture , St Félicien, Ardèche, édition du Pigeonnier.
1945: “Menus propos sur le portrait sculpté, différence entre la nature et la sculpture” préface au catalogue de l’exposition de la Jeune Scumpture Française à la Galerie Christofle, Paris.
1946: Jeunes Sculpteurs Français, édition P.Dupont, Paris.
1950: Quelques réflexions sur l’Art d’Aujourd’hui, édition du Dauphin.
1961: “Réfutations de certaines erreurs concernant la Sculpture“ deux articles dans Esculape, Mars et Avril 1961.
1963: Poèmes de Jeunesse, Tournon. 1963: Comment je comprends la Sculpture, Paris, Arted.