Eugène Galien Laloue 

Combining topographical precision with poetic sensibility, the artist depicts the movement of passersby, the reflections on wet cobblestones, and the quiet rhythm of urban life. His restrained palette of mauves and ochres, animated with bright highlights, reveals a delicate study of light.

A master of the gouache technique, Galien-Laloue balances accuracy and atmosphere. Between realism and fleeting impression, this view of the now-vanished Trocadéro stands as a refined tribute to the everyday beauty of late 19th-century Paris.