Paul Marny

Who was Paul Marny?

Paul Marny was a noted British/French artist. His monogram is shown here.

He was born in Paris and worked as a porcelain decorator for the Sèvres factory, before moving to Belfast to work with a French architect.

In 1860 Marny moved to Scarborough where he taught Albert Strange and many other Scarborough artists. William Tindall was his brother-in-law.

He exhibited at the RA.

In 1874 the British Journal of Photography reported that 'A Gallic brother, M. Paul Marny Godard, of Paris, has obtained a patent for the application of carbon printing to porcelain or other similar substance, which, after the picture is developed, receives a coating of transparent enamel ...".

He is famous for his painting of the Loss of the Scarborough Lifeboat on 2 November 1861, which was also painted by Henry Redmore, Ernest Roe and JN Carte.

His work is in galleries in Birkenhead, Lincoln, Scarborough and Whitby.

His painting Scarborough from White Nabb, which is in Scarborough Art Gallery inspired Andrew Cheetham's North Bay.

See images here and here