Paul Emmanuel Gallard-lepinay (1842–1885). Leaving The Harbor The Havre

Seascape by Paul Charles Emmanuel GALLARD-LEPINAY (1842–1885)
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Dimensions: 50 x 75.5 cm without frame

A native of Charente-Maritime, Gallard-LEPINAY was a student of Claudius Jacquand, (an academic painter who provided numerous paintings for the Museum of French History at the Palace of Versailles), and was a marine painter who was appointed official painter of the French Navy in 1881.
He was one of the founders and illustrators of the magazine “Le YACHT.”
He began exhibiting at the Salon in 1864, where he submitted works such as, *The Long Coast near Royan in the Morning* and *Sunset over the Adriatic*, as he not only worked extensively in the ports of Normandy and western France (La Rochelle) but also in Venice, where he particularly appreciated the light over the lagoon. He created compositions evoking historic naval battles; commissioned by the government, he painted “Battle of the 13th Prairial, Year II.” Exhibited at the 1880 Salon, this painting depicts “Le Vengeur,” whose crew refused to surrender to the British and which sank on June 1, 1794, to the cry of “Long live the Republic” (painting housed at the Quimper Museum). Or current events Jules Grévy, Léon Say, and Gambetta visiting the fleet in Cherbourg (Cherbourg Museum).

Museums:
France: Abbeville, Quimper, Tatihou Island Maritime Museum.