Eugene Galien-Laloue is known and widely collected as a School of Paris or Belle Epoque painter, though he was also strongly influenced by his love for the Barbizon School. His works are often works on paper done with watercolor and gouache, though he is known to have worked in a multitude of media including pen, pencil and ink, and extensive in oil.
Born in Paris in 1854, Galien-Laloue studied under Charles Laloue. Galien-Laloue made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1877, and continued throughout his years to show his works there with great success. Laloue was obsessive about painting, and was extremely prolific. His works were well-received and widely collected in his lifetime, and continue to be loved for their nostalgic recording of a glorious period of France's history. Eugene Galien-Laloue died in 1941 after breaking his arm and finding himself unable to paint. Some say it was then that he lost his true love and his will to live.
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