Pierre Marcel-Béronneau , Les Fleurs du Mal, Paris, 1933, Javal et Bourdeaux, 562/2500.
Illustr.: 10 illustrations outside the text in color.
Pierre-Amédée Marcel-Béronneau (1869-1937). In 1891, he left Bordeaux to settle in Paris, where he studied under Gustave Moreau and E. Thirion at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Marcel-Béronneau became friends with Georges Rouault, and they shared a studio in Montparnasse. Upon graduating, he began preparing to exhibit at the Salon. He won medals in 1900 and 1913, and a gold medal in 1926. He exhibited his work in Stuttgart and Helsingør in 1901, in Russia in 1903, in London in 1904, and subsequently throughout Europe and South America. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1914. A Symbolist artist, Marcel-Béronneau remained close in spirit to his mentor, Gustave Moreau. His main theme is that of woman, whom he associates with symbols of temptation, mystery, and pain… From 1892 to 1898, he was drawn to the mysticism of the Rosicrucians, whose salons he frequented. ( http://marcelberonneau.blogspot.nl/2007/03/marcel-beronneau-1869-1937).html )
