Félix Marcilhac, a Great Name in Art Deco, Has Passed Away

Published on 06 February 2020, by Laurence Mouillefarine

It is the end of an era. On 28 January, Félix Marcilhac, 78, died while napping at home in Marrakech with his German shepherd, César, at his side. A key player on the Art Nouveau and Art Deco market who loved the 1920s, he was an antique dealer, expert, collector and historian.

PHOTO JEAN GRISONI

Félix discovered Marrakech in 1969 when a friend invited him to spend Christmas there. But he already loved the city thanks to the pictures taken by Jacques Majorelle, an Orientalist painter who was the subject of his first book. Félix retired to Morocco after personally overseeing the dispersal of his private collection. First, in 2012, he parted ways with 95 Art Deco bookbindings, including some illustrated by François-Louis Schmied, which he entrusted to Binoche and Giquello (Drouot). It was a secret passion:…

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