Eugène Galien-Laloue

Eugène Galien - Laloue ( born December 11, 1854 in Paris, † April 18, 1941 in Chérence ) was a French painter who is best known for his Parisian street scenes from the Belle Epoque.

Life

Eugène Galien - Laloue was born as the first of nine sons. When he was 16, his father died, the painter Charles Laloue. Then he had to leave school and take a job as a notary assistant. In 1871, he participated as a volunteer at the German -French war. In 1874, he worked as an illustrator for the French railways, which he met the French countryside. In 1876 he exhibited for the first time from a painting. Since Galien - Laloue had tied with his real name to a specific gallery contract, he also used six aliases: " L. Dupuy, "" Juliany "," E. Galiany "," Lievin "," E. Lemaitre "and" Dumoutier ".

Galien - Laloue was married three times, first with Flore Bardin († 1887), then in 1892 with her sister Ernestine Bardin († 1925), and finally in 1930 with her ​​sister, Claire Bardin. From his first marriage he had a son Fernand and from the second marriage a daughter Flore, where he spent his last years of life. Galien - Laloue worked into old age as a painter; only when he had to leave in 1940 due to the war Paris, he broke his arm and could not go one more painting ever since. The following year, he died in the summer home of his daughter in Chérence, 70 km west of Paris.

Work

Galien - Laloue is particularly appreciated for his street scenes of bustling Paris of the Belle Epoque, images that have not only artistic, but also documentary value. This Parisian scenes were usually small painted in gouache and were already in his lifetime very popular, even among British and American buyers.

In addition, painted Galien - Laloue and rural scenes, especially river landscapes and village scenes. A catalog of his oeuvre is in the works; The first volume appeared in 1999. Paintings are now achieved four-to five-digit sums for Galien - Laloues at auctions.