European

Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine

France 1835-1892
Tuileries Gardens 38.0810

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The Tuileries Gardens near the Louvre in Paris are all that is left of the palace and grounds commissioned by Catherine de Medici in the mid-sixteenth century. The palace itself was burnt down during the Paris Commune in 1871. During the years the Impressionists were painting Paris and its environs the Tuileries became a favorite place for depicting bourgeois Parisian families taking their Sunday promenade. Lépine (Laypeen) debuted at the Salon in 1859. As a student of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Lépine learned delicate coloring and a light touch, and although he chose to exhibit with the Impressionists at their first exhibition in 1874, he never received the attention or notoriety accorded to them. He is best known for his numerous views of Paris -- its streets, shops, gardens, as well as his views of the Seine. He died in such poverty, however, that his friends had to collect money to pay for his funeral.

 

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