Eugène Galien-Laloue
Chronicler of Belle Époque Paris street scenes
Eugène Galien-Laloue was a French artist of French-Italian parents and was born in Paris on December 11, 1854. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter. His paintings of the early 1900s accurately represent the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris, la Belle Époque, with horse-drawn carriages, trolley cars and its first omnibuses. Galien-Laloue's works are valued not only for their contribution to 20th-century art, but for the actual history, which they document. His work can be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louvier; Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle; Mulhouse, France. A typical Galien-Laloue painting depicts sidewalks and avenues crowded with people or tourists mingling before the capital's monuments. He also painted the landscapes of Normandy and Seine-et-Marne, as well as military scenes he was commissioned to produce in 1914. The Republic of France selected Galien-Laloue to work as a 'war artist,' both during the Franco-Prussian War and World War I, chiefly in watercolor.
Artworks by this artist (96 total)
- Le Grand Boulevard sous la neige
- The Place de Clichy in Snow, Paris
- Paris, La Porte Saint-Denis
- Vieux Moulin de Dennemont
- Voiliers à quai en Normandie
- Les Quais De La Seine (L’automne)@Landscape
- Frühlingstag am Bachufer
- Quai de Passy
- Au Quai
- Paris, boulevard en hiver
- Rural Scene In The Barbizon Suburbs
- La Porte Saint Denis, Paris
- La fontaine du Palmier, place du Châtelet
- Le Marché Aux Fleurs 2
- Les bords de la Seine près de Châtelet
- Arc de Triomphe in the Fall
- Le Quai Aux Fleurs Et La Conciergerie
- Quai Voltaire
- Abendstimmung
- Figures in the snow, the Place de Concorde, Paris