 According to Matisse's story, art critic Louis Vauxcelles saw a bust created by Marque on display where it was surrounded by the brash Fauvist paintings (including by Marquet) and proclaimed, "Donatello chez les fauves" ("Donatello among the wild beasts").During World War I, Albert Marque was persuaded by the Parisian couture fashion house of Jeanne Margaine-LaCroix to sculpt one hundred fashion dolls which were then clothed in custom-made outfits.The dolls were exhibited in Paris in 1915.