Marius Vasselon was a French painter. He was the son of the painter Edouard Vasselon (1814-1884) and the brother of the painter Alice Vasselon. He would have been educated under Leon Bonnat

Léon Bonnat

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat was a French painter.He was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Madrid, where his father owned a bookshop. While tending his father's shop, he copied engravings of works by the Old Masters, developing a passion for drawing...

 and Dessurgey. His works consists mostly of landscapes painted on location, still lifes, murals, nudes and portraits. He was married with Hortense Dury-Vasselon who was a painter specialized in flowers. The couple had three children (Gabrielle, Jeanne and Marthe - Claude Le Baube

Claude Le Baube

Claude Le Baube was a painter and sea captain. His works consist mostly of landscapes painted on location, of realistic historical naval scenes very precisely detailed and brushed by his ambidextrous hands, and of still-lives blended with eccentric imagery...

's mother). The three girls learned drawing and painting and they used to exhibit at the Salon until the beginning of the first world war.