SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Under the name Antoine Blanchard, Marcel Masson developed a landscape practice whose preferred subjects were the walls of Montmartre and the Paris suburbs. He also painted scenes of Paris in the 1900s, adopting a lighter palette for these works. The entry reports that the pseudonym Antoine Blanchard came from a name he chose at random from a telephone directory.
Initially trained in drawing in Blois, he entered the École des beaux-arts de Rennes in 1929, then enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris in 1932. The entry states that he received the Prix de Rome in 1935, after three years of study. He began his career as a decorator for theatre and cinema. When he turned to easel painting, Vlaminck advised him. He almost entirely stopped drawing to help his father in the family business, and did not take it up again until 1948.
His works were exhibited at the Galerie Marie Wild and at the Salon des Indépendants, of which he was a member. At the 1958 salon, he presented three paintings: Rue des Norvins sous la neige, Mairie du Vieux-Montmartre and Devant l’église Saint-Pierre. The City of Paris acquired five paintings by Marcel Masson. His exhibition history includes a presentation at the Café de la Paix in Paris in 1979, followed by an exhibition devoted to Antoine Blanchard and Paris during the Belle Époque at the Wally Findlay Gallery in Chicago in 1988.
This profile brings together identity references for Antoine Blanchard and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
12 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Germann, Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
"Place de la Concorde, Paris".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-11-05
Published result : 1700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2200
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Oil on canvas
Café de la Paix, Place de l'Opéra, Paris
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-06-18
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Place du Palais-Royal, Paris
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-03-26
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Arc de Triomphe
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 3200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Pariser Boulevard.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2019-05-10
Published result : 2100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on canvas
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2018-06-22
Published result : 3400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Le marché aux fleurs, place de la Madeleine.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2500
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Oil on canvas
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2500
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Oils on canvas, signed
Le marché aux fleurs
huiles sur toiles, signées
Catalogue period : 2016-12-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Pariser Strassenszene.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2014-05-16
Published result : 1750 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on canvas
Le quai Saint-Michel et Notre-Dame
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Das Maxim′s in der Rue Royale in Paris.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 5800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
