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)
- La Porte St Denis 2
- Le Moulin Rouge, Paris
- Place De La Madeleine 2
- Marché aux fleurs Place de la Madeleine
- Gare de Lyon
- Le port de Marseille
- La fontaine du Palmier, place du Châtelet
- La Porte St Denis
- Paris, Place de la République in the rain,
- Le Marché Aux Fleurs 2
- Vieux Moulin de Dennemont
- Notre Dame
- Notre Dame De Paris
- River landscape 2
- Place Clichy
- Le Grand Boulevard sous la neige
- An assignation along the Seine
- Le Quai de la Seine
- Le Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
- Port Breton au crépuscule