Oils on canvas, Paris in the Belle Epoque by Francis GARAT
Oils on canvas, Paris in the Belle Epoque by Francis GARAT
9.800,00 €
Francis Garat 1853 –
Francis Garat is a French painter,
originally from Bordeaux,
who built his career in Paris and specialized in views of the capital.
He enjoys painting bustling streets, parks, and the nightlife of Parisian cafés.
He also remains very attached to his native region,
and his views of the Arcachon Basin
were also very successful in Paris.
He exhibited at the major salons of his time
both in the capital and in the provinces
He was a member of the Salon des Artistes Français
beginning in 1898.
His paintings, which vividly captured the spirit of his time
were very well received
by collectors and critics alike.
“Applauded at his first exhibition, he has just triumphed at the Galerie Georges Petit”
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Garat loves Paris, and his paintings reflect that.
Day and night, summer and winter, he strives to convey to the viewer the ever-changing, bustling atmosphere of a capital city in the midst of industrialization.
Baron Haussmann’s Paris is a constant challenge for architects and landscape designers.
Grand boulevards, long vistas, and new gardens where Parisians love to gather, stroll, and gossip.
Our two works are a perfect testament to this.
Garat presents the viewer with two photographs of life during the Belle Époque.
In the Luxembourg Gardens, we see elegant women strolling with their newborns, children playing with hoops or running around;
men in top hats reading their newspapers, the gardener …
The entire society is depicted with great care and rich detail, in a joyful scene full of movement.
At Place Denfert-Rochereau—recognizable by its lion statue—the bustle of the grand boulevards is in full swing.
Horse-drawn carriages and horses moving at a brisk pace,
the nanny and the child, men coming home from work, and the elegantly dressed ladies.
Garat’s work is therefore modern in more ways than one: not only does his use of a wide-angle shot allow us to observe Parisian society as a whole, but his perfect mastery of movement and speed also lends his work a lively and warm quality.
