Eugène Galien-Laloue (December 11, 1854 – 1941) was a
French
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artist. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter.
Biography
He was born in
Paris
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of French-
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parents. His paintings of the early 1900s accurately represent the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris,
la Belle Époque
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, with
horse-drawn carriage
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s,
trolley car
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s 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
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;
Mulhouse, France
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.
A typical Galien-Laloue painting depicts
sidewalk
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s and avenues crowded with people or tourists mingling before the capital's
monument
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s. He also painted the
landscape
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s of
Normandy
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and
Seine-et-Marne
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, 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
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, chiefly in watercolor.
Galien-Laloue was in exclusive contract with one gallery. He used other names: "L.Dupuy", "Juliany", "E.Galiany", "Lievin", "G.L" "Dumoutier" and "P.Mattig" to market his paintings more broadly outside the contract.
Gallery
File:Eugène Galien-Laloue Paris Porte Saint-Denis 5.jpg, ''Paris Porte Saint-Denis''
File:Eugène Galien-Laloue Paris Eglise de St-Germain-des-Prés.jpg, ''Paris Eglise de St-Germain-des-Prés''
File:Eugène GALIEN-LALOUE Dans le port d'hiver.jpg, ''Dans le port d'hiver''
File:Eugène Galien-Laloue Paris Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle 2.jpg, ''Paris Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle''
File:Quai du Louvre by Eugene Galien-Laloue.jpg, ''Quai du Louvre'' (watercolour)
See also
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Fin de siècle
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*
Gay Nineties
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*
Gilded Age
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Roaring Twenties
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1854 births
1941 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French war artists
19th-century French male artists
Belle Époque