Marius Borgeaud

One of the most highly regarded Swiss artists of his generation, alongside Ferdinand Hodler and Félix Vallotton, he was born into a middle-class family in Lausanne in 1861. Borgeaud began painting only the age of 40, after squandering the inheritance left to him by his father.

Initially associated with the post-impressionist movement, he soon developed his own style, far removed from any pictorial movement. Living between Paris and Brittany, Borgeaud began exhibiting in the French capital in 1904. He died in 1924, leaving a body of work of some 350 paintings.

Its history

1861

Marius Étienne François Borgeaud was born on 21 September in Lausanne. He had an elder brother, Eugène, who later became a doctor, and a younger sister, Louise. The parents live on their pensions.

1880-1897

After attending the industrial school in Lausanne, he apprenticed as a banker in Marseille. He inherited his father's estate in 1889 and hardly worked at all. He squandered his assets in Paris. In 1897, he returned to Lausanne and was placed under guardianship at his own request for profligacy.

circa 1900

Upon returning to Paris, he decided to become a painter. He studied with Cormon and Humbert at the Académie de la Palette, 104 boulevard de Clichy, Montmartre.

As early as 1903

He made regular visits to several provincial towns (notably Moret-sur-Loing) to paint on the motif with his neo-impressionist colleagues.

1908

During his first trip to Brittany, he continued to paint landscapes in the style he had developed up to that point. At the same time, however, he began the series of inn and bedroom interiors that would later bring him considerable success. Over the following decade, he returned to Rochefort-en-Terre each year.

1905-1913

He exhibits regularly at the Paris Salon des Indépendants (in spring) and the Salon d'Automne.

1914

First solo exhibition at the Max Moos Gallery in Geneva. After the outbreak of war, he returned to Switzerland for several months, but returned to Paris and Brittany in 1915.

1916

He moved to 43 rue Lamarck in Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life, dividing his time between Brittany and Paris.

1917

First solo exhibition in Paris, at the Eugène Blot gallery. He repeated this the following year.

1918-1922

During the summer months, he continued to stay in Brittany, settling in the village of Le Faouët. By this time, he was in a relationship with his future wife, Madeleine Gascoin. He exhibited several times in Paris at the Galerie Druet, and the French government acquired two of his works.

1923

Stay in Audierne. He returns to Lausanne to settle his mother's estate, has her guardianship lifted and marries his partner Madeleine Gascoin in Paris in September.

1924

Exhibition in Paris at the Rodrigues-Henriques gallery. Last stay in Audierne. Marius Borgeaud dies at his Paris home on July 16.

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Exhibitions

Eagle

2023

Marius Borgeaud, Around a glass. Aigle, Espace Graffenried, 13.10.2023-10.03.2024

Pully

2016

The Givel Collection, Musée d'art de Pully, 01.09-02.10.2016

Rovigo

2016

Nabis, Gauguin e la pittura italiana d'avanguardia, Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, 17.09.2016-14.01.2017

Lausanne

2015

Marius Borgeaud, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 26.06-25.10.2015

Lausanne

2012

Au fil des collections, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 27.01-20.05.2012

Lausanne

2010

Marius Borgeaud, Le Vaudois d'ailleurs, Salon des antiquaires, Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, 20-28.11.2010

Martigny

2001

Marius Borgeaud, Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, 16.11.2001-20.01.2002

Winterthur

1999

Marius Borgeaud, ein Waadtländer in der Bretagne, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 10.04-20.06.1999

Vevey

1999

Musée en fête. Swiss art in the Musée Jenisch collections from 1875 to 1950, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 18.06-31.01.1999

Frankfurt am Main

1998

Innenleben. Die Kunst des Interieurs. Vermeer bis Kabakov. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 24.09.1998-10.01.1999

Pully

1998

Collections, Musée d'art de Pully, 02.07-25.10.1998

Montreux

1997

Regards sur la peinture vaudoise (1900-1950), Maison Visinand, Montreux, 15.10-30.11.1997

Le Faouët

1994

Marius Borgeaud, Musée du Faouët, 11.06-03.10.1994

Roubaix

1994

Marius Borgeaud, Hôtel de Ville, Salle Pierre de Roubaix, 09.04-29.05.1994

Lausanne

1993

The Collection Unveiled. Masterpieces from the 18th to the 20th Century, MCBA, Lausanne, 18.12.1993-14.08.1994

Vevey

1993

Marius Borgeaud - Suspended time, Musée Jenisch, 03.06-15.08.1993

Lausanne

1992

Cinquante ans d'art vaudois 1890-1940, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 14.02-10.05.1992

Ascona

1984

Cinque Pittori vodesi, Museo communale, Ascona, 01-30.09.1984

Vevey

1982

Le palier d'honneur. Marius Borgeaud, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 17.07-26.09.1982

Pully

1981

Marius Borgeaud. Musée de Pully, 26.06-27.09.1981

Lausanne

1979

Artistes vaudois de la première moitié du XXe siècle, Comptoir suisse, Lausanne, 08-23.09.1979

Lausanne

1974

Twelve artists from Vaud, MCBA, Lausanne, 31.01-11.03.1974

Aubonne

1972

François Bocion/Marius Borgeaud, Galerie Chantepierre, Aubonne, 06-28.05.1972

Lausanne

1971

Vaud painters. Aloïse, Auberjonois, Biéler, Borgeaud, Buchet, Soutter, Vallotton, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Lausanne, 01.07-03.10.1971

Berlin

1968

Fünf Waadtlander Künstler, Haus der Galerie des XX. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 29.03-05.05.1968

St. Gallen

1967

Fünf Waadtlander Künstler, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, 07.10-19.11.1967

Zurich

1967

Neue Kunst in der Schweiz zu Beginn unseres Jahrhunderts, Kunsthaus Zurich, 19.08-24.09.1967

Lausanne

1966

Salon 66, MCBA, Lausanne, 22.03-15.05.1966

Vevey

1965

From Vallotton to Desnos, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 24.07-03.10.1965

Lausanne

1964

Swiss art in the 20th century, MCBA, Lausanne, 30.04-25.10.1964

Paris

1962

Retrospective exhibition of works by Marius Borgeaud, Salon d'Automne, Paris, 19.10-18.11.1962

Lausanne

1962

Marius Borgeaud, MCBA, Lausanne, 22.02-29.04.1962

Bern

1956

Marius Borgeaud, Kunsthalle, Bern, 12.06-22.07.1956

Paris

1947

Retrospective of the 1903 and 1904 Salons d'Automne, Salon d'Automne, Paris

La Chaux-de-Fonds

1946

Borgeaud exhibition, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 02-17.03.1946

Zurich

1943

Ausstellung Otto Lüssi, Marius Borgeaud, Fritz Lobeck, Paul-Théophile Robert, Kunsthaus Zurich, 14.03-18.04.1943

Basel

1942

Hans Beat Wieland. Marius Borgeaud, Louis Dischler + "Zwolf Mater aus dem Kreis des Goetheanums", Kunsthalle Basel, 24.10-15.11.1942

Lausanne

1942

Marius Borgeaud, Musée Arlaud, Lausanne, 29.05-21.06.1942

Paris

1926

Salon de l'Araignée, Galerie Devambez, Paris, 04-05.1926

Paris

1926

Thirty years of independent art, Salon des Indépendants, 20.02-21.03.1926

Paris

1924

Retrospective exhibition of works by members who have died since the last Salon, Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.11-14.12.1924

Salon des Tuileries

1923

Salon des Tuileries, Paris, 05.1923

Druet

1922

Borgeaud exhibition, Galerie Druet, Paris, 27.11-08.12.1922

Autumn Show

1921

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.11-20.12

Druet

1920b

Borgeaud exhibition, Galerie Druet, Paris, 08-19.11.1920

Autumn Show

1920

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 15.10-12.12

Sauvage

1920

Exhibition of the 5 [M. Borgeaud, P.E. Gemez, G.H. Sabbagh, Tobeen, Jules Zingg], Galerie Sauvage, Paris, 15-30.01.1920

Druet

1920a

Paintings by M. Borgeaud and G.H. Sabbagh and drawings by Albert Sarfati and Jules Zingg, Galerie Druet, Paris, 05-16.01.1920

Autumn Show

1919

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.11-10.12.1919

Druet

1919

Borgeaud exhibition, Galerie Druet, Paris, 06-17.01.1919

Blot

1918

Borgeaud, recent paintings, Galerie Eugène Blot, Paris, 18.02-05.03.1918

Blot

1917

Borgeaud, Galerie Eugène Blot, Paris, 07-31.05.1917

Moos

1914

G. Jeanneret, F. Gos, M. Borgeaud, J.-J. Redmond, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 28.05-28.06.1914

Autumn Show

1913

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 15.11.1913-05.01.1914

Autumn Show

1912

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.10-08.11.1912

Salon des Indépendants

1912

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 20.03-16.05.1912

Autumn Show

1911

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.10-08.11.1911

Salon des Indépendants

1911

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 21.04-13.06.1911

Autumn Show

1910

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.10-08.11.1910

Salon des Indépendants

1910

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 18.03-01.05.1910

Autumn Show

1909

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 01.10-08.11.1909

Lausanne

1909

Exposition vaudoise des Beaux-Arts (Société Vaudoise des Beaux-Arts), Grenette, Lausanne, 15.9-17.10.1909

Salon des Indépendants

1909

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 03.25-02.05.1909

Salon des Indépendants

1908

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 20.03-02.05.1908

Salon des Indépendants

1907

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 20.03-30.04.1907

Salon des Indépendants

1906

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 20.03-30.04.1906

Salon des Indépendants

1905

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 24.03-30.04.1905

Autumn Show

1904

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 15.10-15.11.1904