Jambon, Marcel

Jambon, Marcel (1838, Barbezieux; 1908, Paris), French artist, learned the art of painting scenery under the direction of Rubé . He became his master’s partner before long, and, after Rubé’s death in 1899, he opened his own studio. His son-in-law, Marcel Bailly , became his partner. He produced so many sets for the Opéra that he was finally commissioned to organize the storehouse where the Opéra stored its sets in the boulevard Berthier. So much material was involved in this project that Jambon…