Pierre Marcel-Béronneau

French painter

Pierre Marcel-Béronneau

Born	1869 Bordeaux
Died	1937 La Seyne-sur-Mer
Education	École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Occupation	Painter
Movement	Symbolism

Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau (1869–1937) was a French Symbolist painter.^[1] He first worked at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux at the same time as Fernand Sabatté then became "one of the most brilliant students" of Gustave Moreau at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.^[2] He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français.^[3]

In early February 1909, Kahlil Gibran had been working for a few weeks in Béronneau's studio in Paris; he used "his sympathy towards Béronneau as an excuse to leave the Académie Julian altogether".^[4] According to Robin Waterfield, "Gibran was confirmed in his aspiration to be a Symbolist painter" after working in Marcel-Béronneau's studio.^[4]

References

^ Revue de littérature comparée (in French). Vol. 77. p. 210.
^ Guérin, Jean (1957). Des hommes et des activities: autour d'un demi-siecle. p. 72. Marcel Béronneau travailla d'abord à l'Ecole des beaux-arts de Bx en même temps que Fernand Sabatté, puis devint un des élèves les plus brillants de l'atelier de Gustave Moreau à l'Ecole des beaux-arts de Paris.
^ Bulletin officiel du ministère de l'éducation nationale. p. 751. membre de la société des artistes francais, mention honorable 1895, médaille de bronze 1900, argent 1913
^ ^a ^b Waterfield, Robin (1995). Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran.