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Luigi Loir
Quai de Louvre - Impressionist Cityscape Oil Paiting by Luigi Loir

1900

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Signed figures in cityscape oil on board circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Luigi Loir. The piece depicts a view of the quai du Louvre by the River Seine in Paris, France at evening time. Signature: Signed lower right and titled verso Dimensions: Framed: 12"x15" Unframed: 6"x9" Provenance: Private collection - France Luigi Loir 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'Honneur of the Conseil Municipal in Paris); Scrap Iron Market (bought by the City of Paris); Rue de la Pitié Seen from the Val-de-Grâce (in the Salon des Sciences in the Hôtel de Ville in Paris); and At the Fête du Trône (a watercolour which was acquired by the Empress of Russia). Loir was also a talented lithographer.
  • Creator:
    Luigi Loir (1845-1916, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1900
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Very good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Marlow, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: LFA06641stDibs: LU415316271982

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