Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, March 27, 1875 – Paris, June 14, 1947) was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement. At the end of 1907 he stayed in Paris and dedicated himself, together with Henri Matisse, to a series of city views. The fundamental difference between the two is that while Matisse used strong colours, Marquet favoured greyed yellows, greyed violets or blues. Black was usually used as a violent contrast to light colours for such forms as bare tree trunks or calligraphically drawn people contrasted with very light, often yellow or orange streets and sidewalks. Another difference is that Marquet used an approximation of traditional perspective, although his colours and compositions constantly referred to the rectangle and cut its plane with their calligraphy.
[Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 61 cm]
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