269 - Marquet, Albert “Pont Saint Michel and Quai des Grands Augustins”1875 Bordeaux - 1947 ParisWatercolour study, signed, 63 x 47 cm, matting, glazed frame,83 x 63 cm, partially professionally restored* Marquet (Pierre Léopold Albert), landscape, genre,portrait and still-life painter, watercolourist, studied at the Écoledes arts décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris,

Marquet, Albert “Pont Saint Michel and Quai des Grands Augustins”1875 Bordeaux - 1947 ParisWatercolour study, signed, 63 x 47 cm, matting, glazed frame,83 x 63 cm, partially professionally restored* Marquet (Pierre Léopold Albert), landscape, genre,portrait and still-life painter, watercolourist, studied at the Écoledes arts décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, pupil of Gustave Moreau, then at the Académie Ranson under Eugène Carrière and Paul Sérusier; lifelong friendship with Henri Matisse from 1892, made his Salon debut in 1899; from 1900regularly featured in numerous exhibitions; travelledthrough Europe and North Africa; lived in Algiers from 1940 to 1945; works held ininternational museums* Bibliography: De Gruyter (2015), Thieme-Becker (1907-1950),Benezit (2006)* Provenance: the watercolour was acquired 15 years ago from a private collection in Berlin and was expertly restored in Berlin approximately 5 years ago by certified restorer Daniela Baumberg (who founded her restoration workshop in 1997 and also works for renowned museums) Bergmann Auction House, Erlangen