Marius Hubert-Robert (1885 - 1966) France

Marius Hubert-Robert (1885 - 1966) France
Oil on Canvas
Measure 32"in H x 42 1/4"in W and 37 1/4"in H x 47 1/2"in W with frame

Known for: Orientalist painting and book illustration
Name variants: Marius Robert, Marius Hubert Robert
Biography: Marius Hubert-Robert (10 June 1885 – 15 March 1966) was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator. He was born in Paris in 1885. He is the great-great nephew of the celebrated landscape painter Hubert Robert (22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808). Artistic ancestry of Marius also includes Aphonse Robert (his grand father) who was the private painter of Louis Philippe I, and Jean-Francois Robert (his great-grand father, Professor of painting at the Grand Duchy of Tuscany during the Napoleonic Era. Hubert-Robert mounted notable exhibitions at the Salon des Independants in 1929, at the Societe des Artistes Francais, at the Societe Nouvelle des Beaux Arts, and at the Salon d'Hiver. As a painter in the 10th Army during World War I, Hubert-Robert donated two of his war paintings to the Musee du Luxembourg. Hubert-Robert was sponsored by the Astor family for a decade, allowing him to travel extensively, notably to the United States and Canada, but also to Africa (Morocco and Egypt), Greece and Indochina. He also worked with the magazine L'Illustration (circa 1930 - 1938).
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