Comments on: Painters I Should Have Known About (007) Jacques Majorelle

By: michael

michael — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:40:49 +0000

@Al Scaccia: It would be interesting to see your watercolour. Is there a picture of it online?

By: Al Scaccia

Al Scaccia — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:59:12 +0000

I have a water color by Jacques Majorelle. It’s was purchased in 1936 in Morocco. The various info I have on the painting is the following:
Goauche watercolor, and Works on Paper! It was purchased in Morocco in 1936

By: michael

michael — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:36:32 +0000

@Susan: Enjoy your time in Marrakesh! Thanks for visiting, I’m glad you found this site interesting. Regards, Michael

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:30:31 +0000

I’m travelling to Marrakesh next weekend and definitely visiting the Jardin Majorelle. I learnt about it in a book (‘Jardins du Monde’) but knew nothing about the painter in spite of having a degree in Art History. So, I hAve surfed the web, and after a long while, found some pictures in your web. THANKS A MILLION.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:09:04 +0000

@sue: The only prints I can find of his online are a couple of poster designs, although he did produce a lot of prints in various techniques. I guess you have to look at auctions in France : Druout, and Auction.fr might be good starting places, but you’ll need to register and subscribe (money) to see their catalogues. Weird way of doing business.
By an amazing coincidence I happened to be wearing my Cinesite t-shirt (So many pixels, so little time) today.

By: sue

sue — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:49:16 +0000

Thank you for this article, I am in Marakesh working on a film set.I visited the gardens yesterday. Don’t understand why the museum shop doesn’t sell any reproductions? I certainly would have bought one. Is the book the only way to see the prints?
sue

By: elnaz

elnaz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:14:27 +0000

that was great, i just read about majorelle, it was great , but i just loved majorelle blue along with his other works.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:16:00 +0000

@liam: I truly don’t know if Majorelle produced ceramics, but seeing the range of his artistic output, I would not rule it out at all. He was an inveterate experimenter.
If you were interested in pursuing your enquiry, I’d point you in the direction of one of the bigger auction houses in Paris, called Drouot, where they might have a Majorelle expert on hand. Good luck!

By: liam

liam — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:53:24 +0000

Great insight on such a talented individual as Majorelle. I wonder if he ventured into ‘traditional’ (undoubtedly poor choice of wording) china? my brother-in-law, Donny and his company are just starting to renovate an older style house. in the attic, many boxes filled with prints, china etc all wrapped up in 1940’s newspaper. most was bric-a-brac but I noticed a small dish. on the front was “L. Majorelle”. other markings lead me to think it is genuine. but hey, what do I know.. is it possible? thoughts?
many thanks, liam

By: michael

michael — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:09:57 +0000

I’d love to have seen those, Carol. Images from the web always lack the sheer presence of real world pictures, especially when they are heightened with metallic effects that cannot be conveyed in web reproductions. A bit like hearing mono instead of stereo.