Marius Barthalot (1861-1955) Portrait Of Canon With The Prelatice Chape

The art of portraiture. This art which requires the greatest dexterity, this art among the most difficult which makes the artist a true painter capable of capturing and immortalizing on the canvas, the personality and expression of his model, of making him immortal. The Marseille painter Marius Barthalot excels in this art and proves it with this canon with a prelate cap who seems to come out of the painting and quietly wait for the viewer to address him or for the artist to finish his work. Truthfulness, colors, expression, everything is there. A suggested decoration of ocher and brown spots highlights the red of the clothing and the white of the ermine fur. The work is offered in a simple brown and black frame which measures 68 cm by 58.5 cm and 55 cm by 45.5 cm for the canvas alone; In very good condition, it is signed lower right.

Student of Magaud in Marseille, then of Cabanel, Bonnat and Saintpierre in Paris, he exhibited very assiduously at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1885 to 1934: "In a cellar and happy mother (1903)", "Song for prices (1905) ", "Small problem (1909), "La Petite lectrice (1910)", "Mgr Gibier (1928)", Mgr Gosselin (1933)", "Marina", "Provence in the shade (1934 pastel). .. He obtained an honorable mention and the Bashkirtseff Prize in 1896 (a holiday eve and portrait of MGD), 3rd class medals in 1899 (M. Maurice Robin and He who believes in me will have eternal life) and 2nd class in 1907 (La Petite Dodonne and its sisters and Les Petites ménagères) and the Prix Maignan in 1913 (Mr. Eugène Durand, President of the Court of Cassation, Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, and Madame BB). exhibitions of the Association of Marseille Artists, the Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille preserves "The Death of Mireille" (1885) from him.