Eugène Galien-Laloue, (French, 1854-1941)
Porte Saint-Martin, Paris
Gouache over traces of pencil
26.5 x 45.5cm (10 7/16 x 17 15/16in).
Private collection
The Porte Saint-Martin is a Parisian
monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed
fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue
du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the grands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin and
Boulevard Saint-Denis.
The Porte Saint-Martin was designed by architect Pierre Bullet at
the order of Louis XIV in honor of his victories on the Rhine and in
Franche-Comté. Built in 1674, it replaced a medieval gate in the city walls
built by Charles V. It was restored in 1988. More on The Porte
Saint-Martin
Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941) 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. More on Eugène Galien-Laloue
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