Marcel Bouraine Explained

Marcel Bouraine
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Sculptor
Movement:	Art Deco
Other Names:	Derenne, Marcel Bouraine Briand, Marcel-André Derenne
Birth Name:	Marcel-André Bouraine
Birth Date:	1886
Birth Place:	Pontoise, Île-de-France, France^[1]

Marcel Bouraine (1886–1948) was a French sculptor.^[2] He is known for his work in the Art Deco-era, specifically small statuettes, lamps, bookends, and radiator figures.

Biography

Marcel Bouraine was born in 1886 in Pontoise, Île-de-France, France.^[3] He studied sculpture under the direction of Joseph-Alexandre Falguière. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, the Salon d'Automne, and the Salon des Tuileries (1922).

During World War I, Bouraine was a prisoner of war and was taken to Switzerland. He later studied at École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.

Bouraine's work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[4] In 1928, he designed statuettes in pâte de verre for glass manufacturer Gabriel Argy-Rousseau.^[5] He exhibited two large sculptures at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne of 1937 in Paris.

Bouraine's work can be found in museum collections, including at the Art Institute of Chicago,^[6] and the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.^[7]

Further reading

• "Bouraine, Marcel". In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Band 1: A–D. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 284
• "Bouraine, Marcel – Sculptor, potter". In: Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. Band 2: Bedeschini–Bulow. Gründ, Paris 2006,, p. 1014 ([doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00024457 online version: access by subscription])
• Alberto Shayo: Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club 2016,, p. 54
• Eric Knowles: Art Deco. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014,, p.167
• Victor Arwas: Glass. Art Nouveau to Art Deco. H. N. Abrams, New York 1987,, p. 32
• Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Firmengeschichte und Werkverzeichnis. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2007, . pp. 234 ff., 557
• Gerald Hunze: "Bouraine, Marcel". In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Band 13, Saur, München u. a. 1996,, p. 353

Notes and References

1. Book: Duncan, Alastair . Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s . 2009 . Thames & Hudson . 978-0-500-23855-4 . en. 337.
2. Book: Knowles, Eric . Art Deco . 2014-10-10 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-0-7478-1520-4 . 167 . en.
3. Book: Duncan, Alastair . Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s . 2009 . Thames & Hudson . 978-0-500-23855-4 . 337 . en.
4. Web site: Marcel Bouraine . Olympedia . 24 July 2020.
5. Book: Arwas, Victor . The Art of Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco . 1996 . Papadakis Publisher . 978-1-901092-00-4 . 99 . en.
6. Web site: Marcel Bouraine . 2022-09-27 . The Art Institute of Chicago . en.
7. Web site: Bouraine, Marcel André, 1886–1948 . 2022-09-27 . Art UK . en.