Peintre Officiel de la Marine
Peintre Officiel de la Marine (POM) is the name of an official marine painter of the French Navy with the rank of naval officer. This oldest artists' association in the Grande Nation has existed since the July Revolution of 1830. Louis-Philippe Crépin and Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin were the first artists to be promoted to officers . The number of members of the POMs is limited to a maximum of 40 people. An official marine painter does not receive a fee , but the French state has declared the entire work of a POM to be a national cultural heritage by decree.
General
The structure within the POMs is strictly hierarchical:
- agréés (admitted) with the rank of lieutenant captain
- titulaires (lifelong incumbent) with the rank of corvette captain
Anyone who has been admitted for 12 years automatically (as long as one does not commit a criminal offense or zealously sign for peace movements) becomes a successor to the lifelong incumbent. If you reach the age of 60 before that, this procedure can be shortened.
Nowadays, new official marine painters are selected by a jury as soon as a previous member has passed away. Every two years there is an exhibition Salon de la Marine , to which every French person can submit a work related to the sea. The jury consists of POMs, senior naval officers and people from the French public cultural life. In addition to paintings , drawings, graphics and photos are now accepted . Works of art that exceed the format 130 by 97 cm will not be accepted, as will works by video and performance artists . According to their own unwritten rules, the jury rejects abstract images and expects the submitted work to include themes and motifs that reveal a reference to the sea without much effort. The jury invites to the vernissage according to these guidelines and exhibits around 100 to 120 artists. The last, the 40th Salon de la Marine, took place in Paris from December 7, 2007 to January 21, 2008 . This exhibition is the only art exhibition in France hosted by the state. At the end of the salon, the jury will award medals and select a new POM if a place is available. In 1995 the jury selected a woman, Christiane Rosset, for the Peintre Officiel de la Marine for the first time .
The POMs wear bespoke naval uniforms that they have to pay for themselves (blue for the northern hemisphere, white for the southern hemisphere). The uniform is worn without sleeve stripes, only with shoulder pieces. A self-designed silver anchor is emblazoned on the right chest as an identification mark for the official marine painters. In the event of illness, the POMs, like all naval officers , can be treated free of charge in the Paris military hospital Val-de-Grâce .
So that the Peintres Officiels de la Marine have the right impression of their service in the Navy, the naval management sends out a catalog with a good 60 ship movements to the official marine painters twice a year. You can then choose a sea voyage around the world to follow life on board up close and translate it into pictures.
Since 2003 there has been an offshoot of the POMs in the French Navy, the 20 official naval writers Écrivains de Marine .
Members of the Peintres Officiels de la Marine (in order of date of appointment)
19th century
- 1830: Louis-Philippe Crépin , Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin ,
- 1849: Eugène Lepoittevin ,
- 1854: Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio,
- 1867: Pierre Émile de Crisenoy,
- 1875: Charles Longueville,
- 1876: François Geoffroy Roux,
- 1880: François-Pierre Barry,
- 1882: Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic , Paul Charles Gaillard-Lepinay,
- 1883: Michel Willenich, Charlay Pompon,
- 1885: Gaston Roullet, Marie-Édouard Adam,
- 1886: Théodore Weber,
- 1887: Gustave Bourgain,
- 1888: Marie Nicolas Saulnier de La Pinelais,
- 1889: Eugène Dauphin,
- 1890: Léon Couturier, Gustave Le Sénéchal de Kerdreoret, Auguste Marcottes de Quivières, Octave de Champeaux-La Boulaye, Eugène d'Argence,
- 1891: Émile Maillart, Louis-Jules Dumoulin, Eugène Chigot, Paul Jobert, Paul Bertrand,
- 1892: Raymond Moisson,
- 1893: Théodore Poilpot,
- 1895: Paul Marsac, Paul Liot,
- 1896: Camille Bellenger, Léon-Gustave Ravanne,
- 1898: Gustave Vient, Arvid Johanson,
- 1899: François Cachoud, Émile Noirot, Marius Perret,
20th century
- 1900: Gilbert Galland, Fernand Legout-Gérard, Paul Merwart , Roch de Villars,
- 1901: Marius Roy, Félix Ziem ,
- 1902: Paul-Henri Simons,
- 1903: Frédéric Regamey,
- 1904: Gustave-Henri Aubain, Paul Place-Canton, Auguste Berthon,
- 1905: Gustave Fraipont, Louis Edouard Brindeau de Jarny, Maxime Noire, Fernand Olivier, Fernand Guey,
- 1906: Pierre Léon Gatier, Albert Sébille,
- 1908: Émile Berthélémy, Ernest Chevalier, André Delaistre, Charles Fouqueray ,
- 1909: Robert Dumont-Duparc,
- 1910: Alphonse Chanteau, G. Chanteau, François-Henri Gauthier, Léon-Pierre Félix, Henri Farre, Eugène François Deshayes,
- 1911: Lucien Laurent-Gsell , Arnould Louis Moreaux,
- 1912: Louis-Étienne Dauphin, Fernand Salkin,
- 1914: André Nivard, Clovis Cazes,
- 1915: Paul Signac ,
- 1916: Maxime Maufra , Lucien Jonas, Robert Desouches,
- 1917: Georges Taboureau, dit Sandy Hook,
- 1918: Antonin Roux-Renard, Léon Haffner, Jean Lancelin, Henri Lebasque ,
- 1919: Auguste Matisse,
- 1920: Marius Roux-Renard,
- 1921: Charles Millot alias H. Gervèse, Guy Arnoux, Pierre Bodard, Louis Bonamici, Eugène-Louis Gillot, Paul Morchain, René Pinard, Henri-Eugène Callot, Paul-Émile Lecomte, Mathurin Méheut , Frédéric Montenard,
- 1922: André Dauchez , Bernard Lachèvre, Fernand Lantoine, Charles Martin-Sauvaigo, Jean-Louis Paguenaud,
- 1923: François Llano Flores, Georges Roussel, Raoul Du Gardier,
- 1924: Edmond Barbaroux, Jean-René Carrière, Paul Levéré, Maurice Moisset, René Quillivic, Georges Rollin de Vertury, Jean-Jacques Roque, André Theunissen, Pierre Leconte,
- 1925: Luca Madrassi, Vitalis Morin, Gustavo Cochet, Gabriel Drageon,
- 1926: Gustave Alaux, Jean-Baptiste Roubaux,
- 1927: Josué Gaboriaux,
- 1928: Auguste Silice, Adolphe Gaussen, M. Gaussen,
- 1929: Maurice Guyot, dit Guy Loe,
- 1930: François Alaux,
- 1931: Lucien-Victor Delpy,
- 1933: Jean-Gabriel Daragnes, Bernard Roy, Pierre Roy , Lucien Simon , Michel Vilalta,
- 1934: Étienne Blandin,
- 1935: Marin-Marie ,
- 1936: Albert Brenet, François Pascal, Maurice Menardeau, Paulin Bertrand, Léonce Dalloz, Pierre Bompard, Roger Chapelet, René-Yves Creston, Jim Sevellec, André Verdihlan, Jacques Lacombe,
- 1938: Jean Maxence,
- 1940: Auguste Goichon,
- 1942: Étienne Berthier de Sauvigny, Jean Bouchaud, Henri Cahours, Horace Cristol, Georges Guiraud, Marcel Laurent, Pierre Péron,
- 1943: Lucien Martial, Paul Perraudin,
- 1944: Luc-Marie Bayle, Fernand Herbo, Pierre Noël,
- 1945: Edmond Ceria, Jean Helleu, André Lemoine, Albert Marquet , Léopold Pascal,
- 1947: Hervé Baille, Valdo Barbey, Ferdinand Decaix, André Bizette-Lindet, Georges Fouille, Henry de Waroquier,
- 1948: Philippe Dauchez, Charles Lapicque,
- 1952: Charles Cerny, François Desnoyers, Jean Even, André Hambourg,
- 1955: Roger Bezombes,
- 1956: Jean Delpech, Jean Rigaud,
- 1957: Louis Chervin,
- 1959: Jacques Boullaire, Léon Gambier,
- 1960: Max Henri Douguet,
- 1962: Pierre Brette, Albert Decaris
- 1963: Gustave Hervigo,
- 1973: François Baboulet, Marcel Depré, Michel King, Jacques Bouyssou, Henri Plisson, Gaston Sébire, Robert Yan,
- 1975: Jean-Pierre Alaux, François Bellec, Jean Dieuzaide, Jacques Courboules,
- 1977: Michel Hertz, Jean-Jacques Morvan,
- 1979: Jean Le Merdy, Jean Peltier, Roger Montane,
- 1981: Arnaud d'Hauterives, Marc Monkowicki, Claude Schurr,
- 1983: André Bourrié, Jean-Marie Chourgnoz, Serge Marko,
- 1987: Michel Bernard, Michel Bez, Robert Savary,
- 1989: Jean Cluseau Lanauve, Jean-Gabriel Montador, Michel Tesmoingt, Jean-Paul Tourbatez,
- 1991: Marc-Pierre Berthier, Michel Jouenne, Philip Plisson , Stéphane Ruais,
- 1993: Paul Ambille, Pierre Courtois, François Perhirin,
- 1995: Jacques Coquillay, Christiane Rosset,
- 1997: Claude Fauchère, Christoff Debusschere, Jean-Pierre Le Bras, Alain Bailhache,
- 1999: Roland Lefranc,
21st century
- 2001: Patrick Camus, John Pendray, Ronan Olier,
- 2003: Michèle Battut , Michel Bellion, Titouan Lamazou , Christian Le Corre, Richard Texier, Jean-Marie Zacchi,
- 2005: Yann Arthus-Bertrand , Éric Bari, Jean Lemonnier, Anne Smith, Dirk Verdoorn,
- 2008: Jean Gaumy , Nicolas Vial
- 2010: Marie Détrée-Hourrière, Guy L'Hostis, Jacques Rohaut, Olivier Dufaure de Lajarte,
- 2012: Sylvie Du Plessis, Jean-Pierre Arcile, Young-Man Kwon
- 2015: François Legrand, Jacques Perrin,
Web links
- official homepage of the French armed forces: Peintre Officiel de la Marine (French)
- Homepage: Peintre Officiel de la Marine with examples of pictures and biographies of the members (French)
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- ↑ awarded posthumously
- ^ Michel Bez: Président de l'Association des Peintres Officiels de la Marine , accessed on February 12, 2009.
- ↑ Julien Cabon, "Nicolas Vial: la mer au cœur" Cols bleus , September 27, 2008; French Navy website , accessed February 12, 2009.