Pierre-Eugene Grandsire (1825-1905) French, Oil on Canvas. The Seine at Courbevoie Bridge, Paris, viewed from the Isle de la Grande Jatte (site of the famous Seurat masterpiece). Signed lower right. Painted circa 1890. In earlier lemon gold molded frame, cleaned and relined, with fine craquelure. 

Overall Size: 30 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 26 x 36 1/2 in. 

Pierre-Eugène Grandsire was born March 18th, 1825 in Orléans, and in his youth became a student of Jules Noël and Jules Dupré. His first trip abroad to study art outside France was in 1852, first to Venice, and then to Austria, Flanders, and a multi-year tour of Spain. His favorite subjects were romantic pictures, forest landscapes, and views of harbor towns, with his favorite locations in France being views of the Vosges, Brittany, Normandy, and Paris, where he regularly exhibited in Salons from the 1850s right up through 1903. Many of his illustrations were published in magazines such as Le Monde illustré, Le Tour du Monde, and L’illustration, giving early credibility to the form and inspiring several of the first generation of Impressionists. He passed away on May 27th, 1905 in the 17th Arrondissement in Paris, and his works are displayed in countless museums around the world. 

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