Georges Stein

French painter (1864–1917)

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Flower Market (at the Quai de Corse [fr] in Paris)

Georges Stein, born Séverin Louis Stein (Paris, 12 February 1864[1] \- Geneva, 1917[2]), was a French Impressionist artist. Stein was a painter and draughtsman, and is known primarily for light-infused views of Paris and London. He also painted scenes from Melun, Vichy, Bern, Geneva, and Monte Carlo.[3]

## Biography

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Stein was born in Paris, the son of bookbinder Marc-Séverin and Barbe Kintziger.[1] By 1906, he was living in Montigny-sur-Loing.[4]

He was a member of the Société des artistes français, and exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1912 to 1914,[5][6][7] during which time he lived in Melun.[8][9][10]

He was a student of Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger.[11][5]

## Style

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Stein's works are marked by spontaneity, dynamism and movement, giving the viewer the feeling of participating in the scenes observed. Under the influence of Jean Béraud, he worked in particular on the treatment of light to translate the bustle of Parisian life.[12] He populated his paintings with elegant women in a hurry as they went about their daily business.[13]

In response to a commission in 1910 by Léon Roubot, director of the Élysée-Palace, Stein produced a set of four large canvases for the décor of a new casino in Vichy,[14] which depicted carriage rides, visits to the brasseries, the casino and the racetrack.[13]

## Salons

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* Salon des indépendants :
* 1906, 22nd exhibition:[15]
* Parisienne (effet de nuit)
* La rue Auber au crépuscule
* Promenade des Anglais à Nice
* Le Quai de la Tournelle
* Brouillard sur la Seine
* Coin de forêt (Fontainebleau)
* La rue de Sèvres
* Boulevard des Italiens, pastel
* Salon des artistes français :
* 1912, 130th official exhibition:[16][5]
* Le Pont de Westminster à Londres
* 1913, 131st official exhibition:[6]
* La route de Turin à Nice, aquarelle
* Crépuscule parisien, aquarelle rehaussée
* 1914, 132nd official exhibition:[7]
* Soleil d'hiver à Nice
* Dans la forêt de Fontainebleau
* Sur le pont des Saints-Pères - crépuscule, aquarelle rehaussée
* Crépuscule d'hiver, aquarelle rehaussée

## Exhibitions

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* Exhibition of the Société des Arts de Seine-et-Marne, 1914, 8th exhibition.
* "Échappées bucoliques", Médiathèque Valery Larbaud, Vichy, 2009 :
* L'arrivée des calèches et Fête des Fleurs devant la source des Célestins à Vichy, oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm, private collection.

## Works in public collections

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* Paris, musée Carnavalet :
* Cavaliers et attelages, avenue du Bois, oil on canvas, 80 x 58 cm;
* Grands magasins du Pont-Neuf, Paris, Jouets, Étrennes 1899, poster, 131 x 94 cm.
* Melun, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire :
* Le Marché aux fleurs à Paris;
* La Place de l'Opéra le soir, pastel;
* Three paintings relating to the Jeanne d'Arc bridge (a.k.a. pont aux Fruits):[17]
* Vue de la Seine depuis la promenade de Vaux, oil on canvas;
* Le Pont aux Fruits le soir, oil on canvas (dedicated « À Monsieur Émile Gaulard, bien affectueusement. G. Stein » and signed « SEVER LUD GEORGES STEIN. MELUN »);
* Le Pont de Melun, oil on canvas.

## Conflict of sources

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Sources conflict over Stein's dates of birth and death. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists gives the year of birth as "c. 1870".[18] The auction house Christie's, among others, gives the dates 1855–1930,.[19] The French National Library now gives the dates 1864–1917.[20]

There is some ambiguity on the web over Stein's gender; some gallery websites describe him as a female painter.[21]

## References

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### References

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1. ^ a b Archives de Paris, Birth register of the 15th arrondissement of 1864, reference V4E 1841, acte No. 271.
2. ^ "Chroniques". L'Éventail (3). 15 January 1918.

> "En décembre, la Revue franco-suisse publie un article ému de notre collaborateur Henry Gauthier-Villars sur le peintre Georges Stein qui vient de mourir à Genève."

3. ^ "Stein, Georges." Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
4. ^ Archives départementales de Seine-et-Marne, reference 10M409, Census of Montigny-sur-Loing de 1906 : " Bout du Haut " Street, left side : Stein, Séverin, " artiste peintre ", born in 1864 in Paris, and his wife Dumouthier, Marie-Louise, born in 1873 in Bône (Algeria).
5. ^ a b c Société des artistes français (1912). Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, avenue Alexandre III, le 1er mai 1912 (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Paul Dupont. p. 154.
6. ^ a b Société des artistes français (1913). Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, avenue Alexandre III, le 30 avril 1913 (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Paul Dupont. p. 266.
7. ^ a b Société des artistes français (1914). Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, avenue Alexandre III, le 30 avril 1914 (in French). Paris: Imprimerie Paul Dupont. p. 178.
8. ^ Archives municipales de Melun, reference 1K32, Electoral roll of 1912, serial number 3237 : Stein Séverin Louis, 12 February 1864, painter, chemin de Bellevue 3. In 1912 Georges Stein was a neighbour of another Melun painter, Henri Frechon, who lived at 2 chemin de Bellevue.
9. ^ Archives municipales de Melun, reference 1K33, Electoral roll of 1913, serial number 3257 : Stein Séverin Louis, 12 February 1864, painter, chemin de Bellevue 3 puis route de Trois Moulins 17.
10. ^ Archives municipales de Melun, reference 1K34, Electoral roll of 1914, serial number 3425 : Stein Séverin Louis, 12 February 1864, painter, route de Trois Moulins 17.
11. ^ Les Amis des Arts de Seine-et-Marne. Un peu d'histoire
12. ^ Georges Stein, peintre français connu pour ses scènes de la vie des rues parisiennes.
13. ^ a b Gros & Delettrez, commissaires-priseurs; Lilith E. Laborey; Marc Guermeur (photogr.) (2012). Catalogue. Art moderne et contemporain. Vente du 10 décembre 2012 (PDF) (in French). Paris. pp. 27–31.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
14. ^ "Quatre tableaux de Georges Stein sur le Vichy de la Belle époque en vente". La Montagne (in French). 7 December 2012.
15. ^ Salon des indépendants (1906). Société des artistes indépendants. Catalogue de la 22e exposition, 1906 (in French). Paris: L'Émancipatrice. p. 267.
16. ^ Société des artistes français (1912). Catalogue illustré du Salon de 1912 (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque des Annales. Édition Baschet. p. 55.
17. ^ Musée de Melun, Service Pédagogique, Paysages du Musée de Melun, 2016.
18. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists: "French, 19th – 20th century, male.; Born c. 1870.; Painter (gouache), watercolourist, draughtsman. Genre scenes, landscapes, landscapes with figures, urban landscapes... Georges Stein painted oil or watercolour urban landscapes of cities such as London, Monte Carlo and especially typical Parisian scenes. He also produced numerous views of the flower markets at the Madeleine and the Île de la Cité", Oxford University Press 2006
19. ^ "Georges Stein (French, 1855-1930) -The Opera, Paris; and Westminster Bridge, London". www.christies.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
20. ^ "Georges Stein (1864-1917) - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
21. ^ E.g., "Georges Stein - Artist Biography and Works for Sale". www.haynesfineart.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

## Sources

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* Gérald Schürr, Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture (1820-1920), Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur.
* Jean-Paul Crespelle, Les Maîtres de la Belle Époque, Paris, Éditions Hachette, 1966
* Aleksa Čelebonović, Peinture kitsch ou réalisme bourgeois : L'art pompier dans le monde, Paris, Seghers, 1974.

## External links

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Media related to Georges Stein at Wikimedia Commons

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