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.