Eugene Galien Laloue: A collection of 61 paintings (HD)

Eugene Galien Laloue: A collection of 61 paintings (HD) Description: “Born in France in December 1854 to French-Italian parents, Galien-Laloue lived and worked for most of his life in Montmartre. His father was a set designer working for a Parisian theatre and he was the oldest of nine children. Later in his life he changed his name from Eugene Galiany as a tribute to his teacher Charles Laloue whom he studied with in 1877. He received his first training as an architect, which helped Galien-Laloue with popularising the subject matter of Paris street scenes and his very natural rural landscapes. Galien-Laloue lived in Paris at a very exciting time. Paris was being rebuilt and modernised and the city changed beyond recognition during his lifetime. 1854, the year of Laloue’s birth, was also the year of the most monumental changes to the layout of the Paris. Baron Haussman, appointed prefect of the Seine a year earlier, started his vast project which included pulling down the old houses and buil