This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born and living as a youth in Leavenworth, Kansas, John Marchand became a painter, sculptor and prolific illustrator whose work reflected 'western' influences. Despite a brief career, he was prolific, completing illustrations for thirty-five books including Girl of the Golden West and Arizona: A Romance of The Great Southwest, written by Augustus Thomas and Cyrus Townsend Brady.
Growing up in western frontier country, Marchand had first-hand familiarity with Indian Territory. At age 16, he and his family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. He studied at the Harwood Art School in Minneapolis, and had a job for the Minneapolis Journal. At age 20, he became staff artist for the New York World, and from 1897 to 1899, he and painter Albert Levering studied at the Munich Academy in Germany.
Returning to New York City, he became an illustrator, and made trips West for material. In 1902, he met Charles Russell in Montana and later hosted him in New York, having persuaded him to visit that city. There, Marchand introduced Russell to major art editors, publishers, and other well-known people, and Russell shared Marchand's studio where Marchand did a portrait bust of Russell.
He married in 1904 and moved to Westport, Connecticut where he died at age forty-six. He had been a member of the Illustrators Club and Salmagundi Club of New York.
Sources:
Peter Hastings Falk, Who Was Who in American Art
Harold and Peggy Samuels, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
www.Amazon.com
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Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards):
St. Louis Exposition, 1904. | |
Memberships:
142 Salmagundi Club; Society of Illustrators. |
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born Leavenworth, Mar. 9, 1875; died Westport, CT, 1921. Illustrator. Painter, specialized in western subjects. Sculptor. At age 16, he and his family moved to St, Paul, MN, and he worked for the Minneapolis Journal. He studied at Harwood Art School in Albuquerque, NM. At the age of 20, he became a staff artist for the New York World while living in New York City, NY. In 1897-99 He and painter Albert Levering studied at Munich Academy. He later returned to New York and worked as a book and magazine illustrator. He made trips west for material and, in 1902, met Charles Russell in Montana. Marchand hosted Russell in New York introducing him to art editors and publishers and sharing his studio. Marchand moved to Westport, CT in 1904. | Source:
COLLECTIONS:
Anschutz Collection; Witte Museum.
MEMBERSHIPS:
142 Salmagundi Club; Society of Illustrators.
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Dunbier, Paul. The Dunbier Value Guide; Over 1200 Painters in the Western U.S. Before 1920. Scottsdale: Altamira Press, 1981.; Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1974. Samuels, Peggy. Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.; AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 21, 2005; "http://www.FamilySearch.org" Family Search. Version 2.5.0. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2002. www.FamilySearch.org Accessed July 17, 2006. | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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