Famous People with Name Marcelle

Marcelle Ferron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marcelle Ferron: a Québécoise painter and stained glass artist, was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene.In 1953 she moved to Paris, where she worked for 13 years in drawing and painting and was introduced to the art of stained glass, for which she would become best known.One of her stained-glass windows is at Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal. It was one of the first non-figurative works to be installed in the metro, in defiance of the didactic style present in other works of the period, and signalled a major shift in public art in Montreal between the policies of then–art director Robert Lapalme and future art director and fellow automatiste Jean-Paul Mousseau. Other examples of her works can be seen at Vendôme metro station, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, and the ICAO headquarters, in Montreal; the Place du Portage in Gatineau, Quebec; and the Granby, Quebec courthouse.

Clint Sherwin Marcelle            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Clint Sherwin Marcelle: is a former professional footballer who played between 1995 and 2006. He is currently the Manager of North East Stars in Trinidad and Tobago's Professional Football League. He played football in England for ten years, notably for Barnsley and Scarborough.

Edouard Marcelle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edouard Marcelle: was a French rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won the silver medal as member of the French boat in the coxed pairs competition.

Pauline Marcelle            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Pauline Marcelle: is a contemporary Caribbean artist. Marcelle studied at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria in the 1990s and is primarily known for her works in painting and video. Her works reflects much on the thematic subject of human meetings and encounters, their variety, interaction and influential effects of the social surrounding, to which they are subjected. Pauline Marcelle is primarily known for her strong expressive paintings, in which she connects the intensity of modern art with the expressivity and figuration of her Caribbean origin. She lives and works in Dominica and Vienna, Austria.