Albert Marquet was born in Bordeaux in 1875. Along with Matisse, Roualt, Dufy,Vlaminck and Derain, he became passionately involved in the Fauve movement and was one of the painters who caused a sensation at the Salon d' Automne in 1905. By 1907 Marquet had evolved the serene style for which he is best known, painting with the subdued palette and delicate tones that reflect his personal temperament. The works on view cover all periods of the artist's career. The subjects include figures, interiors, as well as scenes from Marquet's numerous journeys through Europe and North Africa; Paris, the banks of the Seine and its bridges; the countryside of Bordeaux and the south of France and seascapes and harbors in Marseilles and Algeria. Among the notable paintings are a view of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the fog (1902), one of several paintings Marquet dedicated to this subject; a scene of La Place du Gouvernement, Algiers (1924), the port city that was a continual source of inspiration to the artist; and an interior scene depicting the artist's wife sewing in a brightly sunlit room in the couple's country house in La Frette (1939).