Born in Bordeaux in 1875, by the age of 16 Marquet was studying in Paris. He attended the École des Arts Decoratifs, then the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of the Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau.
During this time Marquet also became roommates and subsequently lifelong friends with Henri Matisse, who spearheaded Fauvism in 1905. That year, Marquet, Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck and Kees van Dongen exhibited in the Salon d’Automne, showing paintings that abandoned perspective and emphasised the importance of colour over line — leading one critic to describe them as ‘Fauves’ (wild beasts).
Whilst Fauvism fell out of favour to Cubism just a few years later, Marquet remained a committed colourist. In his later years he travelled extensively through France, Italy, Germany and Sweden, around the Mediterranean coast and across North Africa. His focus became landscapes, which eventually became more naturalistic in style, and his palette evolved towards the greys and blues more usually associated with the Impressionists.
Marquet died in La Frette-sur-Seine in northern France in 1947. His obituary in The New York Times noted how he was one of just three foreign artists to serve on the jury of the 30th International Exhibition of Paintings at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh in 1931, and that at the time of his death his artwork was held in the permanent collection of Paris’s Musée du Luxembourg.
Today, Marquet’s works are found in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate in London, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Terrasse aux drapeaux, Hôtel de la Réserve
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Paris, Quai du Louvre, Soleil d'hiver
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Port du Havre
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le Port des Sables-d’Olonne
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le Pont-Neuf
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Quai de Bourbon, Paris
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Quai de Conti sous la pluie
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Quai du Louvre, soleil pâle
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Frette en été
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le Havre, le bassin
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Marché à Saint-Tropez, la Place aux Herbes
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le remorqueur à Triel
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Venise, quai des Esclavons, le remorqueur à quai
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
L'Hiver, quai du Louvre, temps de neige
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le port, soleil voilé
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Pont-Neuf sous la neige
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le Pont Neuf à Paris
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le pont Neuf sous la neige, Paris
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le ponton, Triel
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
La promenade aux Sables d'Olonne
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Triel, Bord de Seine
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Nu dans l'atelier
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Nu dans un atelier d'ami
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Porquerolles, après-midi d'été
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Bateaux à Triel
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Notre-Dame vue des quais, le soir
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Le Passeur
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
La Varenne Sainte-Hilaire, la barque
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le Quai des Grands-Augustins, printemps
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Villa Mauresque
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Baigneurs à Carqueiranne
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
La pointe de l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le cercle nautique, Marseille
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le jardin fleuri
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
L'arrière-port de l'Agha
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Venise
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Intérieur à Hesnes, Norvège
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Beau temps à Montplaisant
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Porquerolles, le jardin
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Le quai des Grands-Augustins sous la pluie
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Rue à Collioure, été 1912
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
La Sainte-Chapelle sous la neige
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Poissy, le clocher
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Venise, le paquebot
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
La Varenne, bords de Marne, pêcheurs en barque
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
L’Îlot
ALBERT MARQUET (1875-1947)
Rouen, le pont transbordeur
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Paris, Le Pont-Neuf, fin de la neige
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Le port de Honfleur
Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
Fontarabie, vue d'Hendaye, le promeneur