Marcel Brunery

French 19th /20th Century

Marcel Brunery was a painter of cardinals and out of period paintings, who was born in Paris.

The approach of Brunery and many painters like him increasingly poked fun at the Lords of the Church and delighted in portraying them in domestic dramas, showing their susceptibility to the everyday trials and tribulations familiar to their humbler flock.

Brunery’s canvases are lavishly coloured and painted in a masterly way, accounting for his popularity, which has remained constant over the years.

The artist exhibited at La Lecon aux Independants in 1935.