Galien Laloue - Gouache - Paris, Rue De La Paix

Gorgeous parisian gouache by Eugène GALIEN LALOUE representing the famous "Rue de la Paix" in Paris (in the background the Vendôme column) circa 1900, richly animated, signed with his rare pseudonym "F.GIUSTO" (the painter used many pseudonyms such as L .DUPUY, J.LIEVIN, E.KERMAINGUY, M.LENOIR, A.MICHEL, L.COURTIER...there are more than ten of them in total).

For comparison, two gouaches by GALIEN LALOUE, also signed "F.GIUSTO", authenticated by Noé WILLER, specialist of the artist, were sold on November 23, 2010 by Sotheby's in London (lots 177 and 178)

The gouache that we offer, in excellent condition and in its original frame, is of very high quality, finely detailed.
It illustrates the city of Paris during the Belle Epoque area, idealized, its stores lit up as evening falls...

Note the very beautiful reliefs to materialize certain lighting effects and the presence of numerous elegant ladies strolling in the street (the Paquin fashion house was then located at No. 3 rue de la Paix, the Garnier opera being also nearby).

Eugène GALIEN LALOUE was a prolific painter, best known for his Parisian gouaches, which are highly sought after and which can be negotiated for several tens of thousands of euros ; he also painted a large number of landscapes and seascapes through his numerous trips to France.

Gouache and watercolor on paper

19 x 31 cms (with carved golden frame, old restorations, approximately 34 x 46 cms)

Signed lower left with his pseudonym "F.GIUSTO"

Excellent general condition, oxidized gouache in the upper part of the sky at the edge of the sheet (invisible defect because hidden by the frame)

Photos taken in the sun except those with the frame, in natural light, in the shade

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