Self Portrait

Jean Hippolyte Marchand (1883-1940) was a French cubist painter who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. In 1910 one of his paintings was included in the seminal British exhibition entitled Manet and Post- Impressionism held at the Grafton Galleries in London and organized by Roger Fry. Resultantly he became somewhat of a favourite amongst the Bloomsbury Group and continued to exhibit in Britain. In 1915 when some of his work was exhibited at the Carfax Gallery, London, Clive Bell wrote: ‘No living painter is more purely concerned with the creation of form and the emotional significance of shapes and colours than Marchand.’ (I. Chilvers & J. Glaves-Smith. A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press). Marchand also produced many woodblocks and lithographs and also enjoyed success as an illustrator.