Description
Eugene Galien Laloue (French, 1854-1941)
Large oils on canvas landscape painting of the outskirts of Paris on the Seine River with figures and buildings. Let Of The Sun, Les Andelays, Seine, Oil On Canvas Painting. Signed With Pseudonym “E. Galiany” Lower Left,
Dimensions: Canvas 19.25 X 25.75 Inches Antique Giltwood Frame 29 X 36 X 3.5 Inches
Condition: Cleaned Varnish Layer, Relined Canvas, Inpainting Visible Under UV Light Includes Small Scattered Spots In Sky, Area Upper Left And Lower Right Corners, Antique Frame with wear. Presents beautifully!
Eugène Galien-Laloue (December 11, 1854 – 1941) was a French artist. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter. He was born in Paris of French-Italian parents. 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. Galien-Laloue was in exclusive contract with one gallery and used other names: “L.Dupuy”, “Juliany”, “E.Galiany”, “Lievin”, “G.L” “Dumoutier” and “P.Mattig”.
