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Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan’s career is rooted in Marseille: his family settled in the Chartreux district in 1877, and in 1895 he opened a studio in Marseille, which he kept throughout his life. In 1890, he began an apprenticeship with a house painter and took up drawing with the support of the Marseille painter Eugène Giraud. After losing his left eye in 1902, he continued working. He exhibited in Marseille in 1905, then at the Salon des indépendants in Paris from 1906 and at the Salon d’automne from 1908. In 1909, he spent six months in Versailles, where he produced numerous paintings. From 1910 to 1914, he worked in a studio on the Quai de Rive-Neuve in Marseille. Called up for military service in Toulon during the First World War, he came into contact with Albert Marquet; after the war, he lived successively in Aix-en-Provence, Cassis and Toulon.
Marseille remains an important point of reference in his documented oeuvre. For the city, he produced a panel intended for the opera, depicting the 14 July celebrations in the city. The recorded titles indicate a range of subjects, from harbour and street views to café scenes and figures: the Art Institute of Chicago lists, among others, The Cafe, Street in Marseille and Two Women Visiting. Works are also recorded in several French museums, including Bateau à quai in Albi, Vue du port de Marseille in Marseille and Port de Marseille, c. 1920, at the Musée d’Art moderne de Paris. His exhibition activity also extended beyond France: he exhibited at the Kraushaar Gallery in New York.
His name also appears in the forms Louis Mathieu Verdilhan and Mathieu Verdilhan.
This profile brings together identity references for Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, DognyAuction, Genève Enchères. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Le port de Marseille.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2013-11-08
Published result : 11500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 9500
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Oil on canvas
Le port de Marseille.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pastel
La famille
pastel
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–500
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La famille
pastel
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 300–600
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Oil on canvas
Le vieux port de Marseille
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 29000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Oil on canvas
Les meules
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
