A selection of sculptures, drawings and editions by Marcel Gimond. Research into the works shown is ongoing.
His work
Drawings
Editions
Sculptures
Marcel Gimond devoted his work to the human figure and portraiture. This website brings together a selection of his sculptures, drawings, editions and writings, alongside information about his exhibitions and the collections that hold his work.
Marcel Gimond, Galerie Joseph Biliet, Paris.
First exhibition of the Ziniar group, Galerie Saint-Pierre, Lyon.
Ziniar, Galerie Saint-Pierre, Lyon.
Salon des Indépendants, Paris.
Salon d’Automne, Paris.
Salon des Tuileries, Paris.
Édouard Degaine / Marcel Gimond, Galerie Théophile Briant, Paris.
Marcel Gimond, Galerie Brian-Robert, Paris.
L’Art vivant exhibition, Théâtre Pigalle, Paris.
Biennale di Venezia, Venice.
Salon de l’Art mural, 64 bis rue de la Boétie, Paris.
Les Maîtres de l’art indépendant, Petit Palais, Paris.
Jeunes Sculpteurs Français, Galerie Christofle, Paris.
Exhibition devoted to Marcel Gimond, Paris.
Salon d’Automne, Paris.
Le Sport, 6e Salon des peintres témoins de leur temps, Musée Galliera, Paris.
Sculptures de Marcel Gimond et estampes de 29 graveurs contemporains, Château d’Aubenas, Aubenas.
Salon d’Automne, Paris.
Marcel Gimond retrospective, Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon.
Exhibition devoted to Marcel Gimond, Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Brest.
Ziniar, 1920–1924, Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon.
Centenaire Marcel Gimond, Château d’Aubenas, Aubenas.
Le Portrait sculpté, Galerie Malaquais, Paris.
Dessins de sculpteurs, Galerie Malaquais, Paris.
Dessins de sculpteurs II, Galerie Malaquais, Paris.
La Modernité à Lyon, 1900–1925, Tomaselli Collection, Lyon.
Exhibitions
Laurence Sallenave, Marcel Gimond’s great-niece, knew him closely throughout her childhood. As the holder of the artist’s moral rights, she alone is authorised to authenticate a work and issue a certificate, following a physical examination of the work. Each enquiry is handled confidentially and recorded. There is no fee; financial valuations are not provided.
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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
Works by Marcel Gimond are documented in museums and other institutional collections in France and abroad. They are not necessarily on permanent display.
Collections
Collections
Marcel Gimond’s writings and the studies, books and catalogues devoted to his work.
Writings and bibliography
Writings and bibliographyWorks by Marcel Gimond are documented in museums and other institutional collections in France and abroad. They are not necessarily on permanent display.
Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – CCI, Paris.
Musée d’Art moderne de Paris, Paris.
Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt (work on deposit).
La Piscine, musée d’art et d’industrie André-Diligent, Roubaix (work on deposit).
Musée des beaux-arts de Calais, Calais (work on deposit).
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble (work on deposit).
Musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie, Besançon (work on deposit).
Musée d’art moderne Richard Anacréon, Granville (work on deposit).
Musée de Valence, art et archéologie, Valence.
Musée de Saint-Maur, Villa Médicis, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Château-musée de Tournon, Tournon-sur-Rhône.
MuMa, musée d’art moderne André-Malraux, Le Havre (work on deposit).
Musée municipal Paul-Dini, Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Fondation des Artistes / Maison nationale des artistes, Nogent-sur-Marne.
Collections
Marcel Gimond’s writings and the studies, books and catalogues devoted to his work.
1935 — Sculpture. Les Amis du Pigeonnier, Saint-Félicien-en-Vivarais.
1935 — Propos sur la sculpture française. Muses, no. I.
1937 — Contribution to L’Art français et l’esprit de suite. La Renaissance de l’art français.
1950 — Quelques réflexions sur l’art d’aujourd’hui. Éditions du Dauphin, Paris.
1958 — La Sculpture et la vie. La Nouvelle Critique, no. 96.
1960 — Préface à une exposition: Sculpture et Réalisme. Rencontres franco-allemandes, no. 2.
1960 — Preface to Sculptures allemandes contemporaines. Maison de la Pensée française, Paris.
1961 — Réfutation de certaines erreurs concernant la sculpture. Aesculape, Paris.
1963 — Poèmes de jeunesse. Les Amis du Pigeonnier, Saint-Félicien-en-Vivarais.
1968 — Visages romans. Les Amis des Arts d’Aubenas, Aubenas-en-Vivarais.
1969 — Comment je comprends la sculpture. Arted, collection Essais sur l’art, Paris.
1924 — Georges Turpin, Marcel Gimond. La Revue littéraire et artistique, pp. 3–6.
1925 — Claude Roger-Marx, Marcel Gimond, statuaire. Gazette des Amateurs, pp. 63–64.
1926 — Louis-Léon Martin, Marcel Gimond. L’Amour de l’Art, no. 8, p. 267.
1930 — Paul Fierens, Marcel Gimond. Collection Sculpteurs nouveaux, Paris.
1932 — Roger Brielle, Marcel Gimond. L’Art et les Artistes, p. 124.
1939 — Waldemar George, Gimond et l’atticisme français. La Renaissance, pp. 32–36.
1948 — Thierry Maulnier, Gimond. Les Éditions du Livre, Monte-Carlo.
1961 — Robert Rey, La Forme et l’âme. La Montagne.
1961 — George Besson, En mémoire de Marcel Gimond. Les Lettres françaises.
1962 — Waldemar George, Gimond et l’esprit des formes. Braun, Mulhouse.
1962 — René Jullian et al., Marcel Gimond. Retrospective catalogue, Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon.
2005 — Jean-Baptiste Auffret et al., Dessins de sculpteurs. Galerie Malaquais.
2008 — Hélène Labbé-Bazantay et al., Dessins de sculpteurs II. Galerie Malaquais.