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Eugène Galien-Laloue (Paris, 1854 - Chérence, 1941) was born in in Montmartre, the eldest of nine children. His father, Charles, died when he was sixteen years old, after which point, his mother, Endoxie, found Eugène an accounting job. Shortly afterwards he enlisted in the military until the end of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. It has been speculated that his change of heart to become a painter may have been a reaction against the bloody events of the Franco-Prussian war; to forget what he had seen. He worked as an illustrator for the French Railways in 1874 to depict the new rail track from Paris to the French provinces. He died in his daughter’s house in Chérence, where they had taken refuge at the beginning of the Second World War, on April 18th, 1941.
[Trinity House Auctions, London & New York - Watercolour and bodycolour, 19.05 x 31.75 cm]
