SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Eugène Péchaubès, a French painter born in Pantin in 1890 and died in Paris in 1967, devoted a significant part of his work to the horse, in military scenes associated in particular with the Second Empire, as well as in depictions of horse racing and polo. His attention focused on the animal’s anatomy, movement and posture, as well as its elegance.
A student of Édouard Detaille at the Académie Julian, he initially took up military subjects before developing a personal approach to portraits of racehorses. He frequently painted, on commission, very accurate portraits of the most famous horses, as well as their owners and admirers; he also painted numerous finishes of major horse-racing events. Arabian equestrian games were among the subjects he depicted as well.
His practice also included poster art. He exhibited at numerous salons, which are not specified. In 1932, he took part in the art competition at the Summer Olympic Games as a member of the French delegation. Olympedia considers that the work he submitted was probably a painting of the 1931 Grand Prix de Paris race at Longchamp, entitled “Barneveldt will beat Taxodium & Tourbillon”: an oil on canvas measuring 33 × 92 cm.
This profile brings together identity references for Eugène Péchaubès and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
9 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Course hippique
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-02-27 — 2024-03-13
Published result : 200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Bauer beim Pflügen.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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"Trevisana".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2013-11-08
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Parforcejagd im herbstlichen Wald.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2200
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Oil on canvas
Scène de course hippique à Longchamps.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 1400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1600
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Beim Pferderennen.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Oil on panel
Steeple chase
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2012-03-14
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on canvas
Paysan labourant.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Araber im Galopp.
Öl auf Mkt.
Date to be documented
Published result : 1400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1700
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
