Eugene Galien-Laloue

Lavandieres by the River

c.1910

Signed and titled oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French Impressionist painter Marie Duhem. The work depicts a gated garden surrounded by bushes and trees and a tall tree in the centre. There are stars in the dark blue night's sky and the glow of the moon can be seen low behind the bare trees. Signature: Signed lower right/further signed and titled on original label Dimensions: Framed: 34"x29" Unframed: 26"x21" Provenance: The collection of the painter's family Marie Duhem, was born in Guemps on March 18, 1871 and died in Douai on July 9, 1918. Marie Duhem's parents ran a lace factory. From her childhood, she became familiar with the work of model designers. She becomes the student of the painter Adrien Demont...

Signed and dated riverscape oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Louis Aime Japy. The work depicts two fisherman in a small punt in a river at sunset. The clouds in the sky ...

Signed, titled and dated impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Henri Duhem. The work depicts a barge moored on the side of the river with two men on the path on the riverbank. The sun is setting creating the most beautiful shades of pink and yellow in the sky which is reflecting in the water below. Signature: Signed lower right and titled and dated 1933 verso Dimensions: Unframed: 15"x18" This painting is not currently framed but a suitable frame can be sourced if required Provenance: Exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries - 1933 Private French collection Descendant of an old Flemish family, Henri Duhem was born in Douai on April 7, 1860. He worked as a lawyer at the Bar of the Court of Douai from 1883, he practiced at the same time his passion for drawing and watercolor. In 1887, he enrolled in Henri Harpignies' drawing course in Paris and, at the same time, befriended the painter Émile Breton...

Signed figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Luigi Loir. The piece depicts people at the Quai d'Orsay, situated on the left bank of the River Seine in Paris, France on what looks to be a cold winter day in the city. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 20"x16.5" Unframed: 13"x9.5" Provenance: Private French collection Blanchet & Associes - Paris He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1865 with a Landscape at Villiers-sur-Seine which brought him a certain amount of recognition. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. Obtaining a third-place medal in 1879, and a second-place medal and a gold medal in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. He was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur in 1898. Born in Austria to French parents who served the exiled French Bourbon royal family, Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir moved with his family and the Bourbons to the Duchy of Parma in 1847. In 1860 his family returned to Paris following the expulsion of the Bourbons from Parma. But Luigi remained in the city, having enrolled, at the young age of eight, at the Accademia de Belle Arti. He eventually rejoined his family in Paris in 1863. There he studied with the decorative painter and set designer Jean Pastelot, making his Salon debut in 1865. Loir painted mainly views of Paris, in all seasons and at different times of the day or night. Loir was the Paris painter par excellence, capturing and expressing all aspects of the life of the city at all hours of the day and night. He may be criticised for excessive attention to the process, but his invaluable powers of observation are undeniable. Apart from those of his canvases which are in museum collections, his best-known works include: Preparations for the Fun Fair (acquired for the Salle d...

Signed and titled impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by French painter Henri Duhem. The work depicts a view of Place Sainte-Ame, Douai in the north of France. It is aut...

Oil on canvas circa 1910. Signed lower left. This painting is not currently framed but a suitable frame can be sourced in if required. Descendant of an old Flemish family, Henri Duh...

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