METZ (57) - Laurent-Charles MARECHALdit "Maréchal de Metz" ( - Lot 381

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METZ (57) - Laurent-Charles MARECHALdit "Maréchal de Metz" ( - Lot 381
METZ (57) - Laurent-Charles MARECHALdit "Maréchal de Metz" (Metz 1801-1887, glass painter, draughtsman and pastellist, leader of "L'Ecole de Metz") / Autograph letter signed, 4 p in-8, headed with his cipher, [circa1883],to his pupil the painter Louis-Théodore DEVILLY(Metz 1818-1886, a close pupil to whom he had entrusted the direction of his stained-glass workshop; He was then director of the Ecole et Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy and a great friend of Théophile Gautier): He comes to congratulate his pupil on the honor bestowed on his painting "Mort du sergent Blandan au combat de Beni-Mered" (exhibited at the 1882 Salon) to be reproduced for "the regiments of the heroes of the scene", "j'en félicite surtout les destinataires ; They will be privileged among those to whom we will apply the measure of sending illustrations to the corps that have distinguished themselves most by their devotion"; He then evokes the memory of Eugène GANDAR(Meuse 1825-1868, University professor, founder of "l4union des Arts" in Metz): "He concludes by saying: "I have arranged the surroundings of my studio and I have exhibited my large pastels in a normal way that has transformed them", "you will see this when I ask you to come and see where I am" - Following this, he has pasted an extract from the Salon catalog devoted to his correspondent's painting [N.B.: this painting, purchased by the State, has been deposited in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy].
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