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Marcel Gromaire (24 July 1892 – 11 April 1971) was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an independent oeuvre distinct from groups and movements. Another principal subject of Gromaire was the nude. Marcel Gromaire, whose father was an educator in Paris, was born in Noyelles-sur-Sambre, France. He studied classically at Douai, then continued his studies in Paris, receiving his Baccalauréat in Law in 1909, a judiciary career path he quickly abandoned. He frequented studios in Montparnasse and attended classes at Académie de La Palette. In 1912, he performed his military service in Lille. He was wounded in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme. Spokesman for independent art from 1920 to 1950, Gromaire is one of the most original and powerful artists of this century. He worked independently of the groups, the current trends and the schools, as did R. Dufy and Rouault, without giving in to the trends of the time. His intellectual reasoning and the deep impression that he left on many students are an example of his simultaneously being a constant force yet before his time in French painting between 1920 and 1960. All of these qualities guaranty him a great place in art history, even though he has not yet achieved the honours that he deserves. Gromaire painted approximately 750 oils. 78 of these, from the collection of Doctor Girardin are currently at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris (Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris). His elaborate conception of each subject, his demands of “belle-ouvrage” make each of his canvases unique. Gromaire´s watercolours, of which there are relatively few (roughly 10 works a year, like his oils) are as constructed, lyrical and “mural” (the preferred expression of the artist) as the oils on canvas. On the visible encre de chine support, Gromaire colours the painting with a very personal technique, playing with transparency, rhythms and superposition to make all the tones vibrate intensely.