Albert Marquet

Honfleur – The Artists – Marquet, Albert

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Honfleur. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Albert Marquet
Albert Marquet

Movement(s): Fauvism

Albert Marquet (1875 – 1947), born in Bordeaux, was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse.

In 1890 he moved to Paris to attend the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, where he met Henri Matisse. They were roommates for a time, and they influenced each other’s work.

Dismayed by the intense coloration in these paintings, critics reacted by naming the artists the “Fauves”, i.e. the wild beasts. Although Marquet painted with the fauves for years, he used less bright and violent colours than the others, and emphasized less intense tones made by mixing complementaries, thus always as colors and never as grays.

Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, but also several portraits and, between 1910 and 1914, several female nude paintings.

Marquet was particularly revered by the American painters Leland Bell and his wife Louisa Matthiasdottir. He was also revered by Bell’s contemporaries Al Kresch and Gabriel Laderman. Since both Bell and Laderman were teachers in several American art schools, they have had an influence on younger American figurative artists and their appreciation of Marquet.

Click here to read Marquet’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1911 - Albert Marquet - Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – Honfleur
1911 - Albert Marquet - General View of Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – General View of Honfleur

NOTE: The view is that of Mont-Joli, on the hills where you will also find the Ferme Saint-Simeon and the Cote de Grace chapel.

1911 - Albert Marquet - Honfleur, the Port
1911 – Albert Marquet – Honfleur, the Port
1911 - Albert Marquet - Low Tide in Honfleur Harbor
1911 – Albert Marquet – Low Tide in Honfleur Harbor

TODAY: Between the two lighthouses, the situation has changed. There now is a lock in between both areas, allowing boats to move around at low tide.

1911 - Albert Marquet - The Port of Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – The Port of Honfleur
1911 - Albert Marquet - The Port of Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – The Port of Honfleur
1911 - Albert Marquet - The Port of Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – The Port of Honfleur

Today: The white building in the middle is the Cheval Blanc, an old 15th century hotel/coach inn. It still exists today, and it’s still an hotel. Click here to access their site.

1911 - Albert Marquet - The Port of Honfleur
1911 – Albert Marquet – The Port of Honfleur

Albert Marquet also painted in other cities in France. More of his paintings will follow, and when published links “” will appear below.

Honfleur was (and is) a very picturesque town, so it saw many artists capturing the beauty of this very scenic town. The reason it has so many tourists is obvious…. it’s very pretty. Here are some of the artists that have come to apply their art in the town (a link, symbolized by a ““, to the artist’s works will appear when published. A “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Honfleur but instead worked outside of Honfleur in a nearby town).

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