Mark Schuler: Marcel Pagnol

Artist: Mark Schuler
1951 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1980
Image Size: 9 by 10.75 inches
Overall Size: 15 by 17 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

The first half of the twentieth century was a time of extreme changes and new developments in the world of entertainment. Live stage performances gave way to films and later, to television. While some stage performers and playwrights could not adapt to the changes, Marcel Pagnol could, and did. This French educator and author first won fame as a playwright with the 1928 presentation in paris of Topaze. His plays Marius and Fanny quickly followed. Then, in the early 1930s, Pagnol turned his attentions to film producing. Pagnol believed that films had "inherited the dramatic tradition." As head of his own moving picture company, Pagnol served as producer, director, writer and cameraman. Cinema successes to his credit include Harvest, The Baker's Wife, and The Well-Digger's Daughter. Harvest was the 1939 New York Film Critics' winner for best foreign film. From 1940 to 1945 Pagnol fought at the front lines of World War II, along with some of his leading actors. His first production after the war was Nais, which was poorly received but introduced the public to Jacqueline Bouvier, who was to become his wife. Pagnol was elected to the French Academy in 1946, the first film-maker to be chosen for this honor. His Marseille trilogy, Marius, Fanny, and Cesar, was revived as the Broadway musical Fanny with the first performance occuring on November 4, 1954.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Monaco Europa stamp featured in the 1980 Portraits of Greatness collection.

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