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Georges Stein painted the streets and urban landscapes of the Belle Époque. His repertoire encompasses Paris and London, as well as Melun, Vichy, Berne, Lausanne and Geneva. His scenes are described as animated by spontaneity, movement and carefully worked light that conveys the bustle of Paris; the source draws a connection between this treatment and the influence of Jean Béraud. He trained with Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger.
In 1906, based in Montigny-sur-Loing, he presented eight paintings at the Salon des indépendants. The exhibition catalogue lists, among others, Parisienne (effet de nuit), La rue Auber au crépuscule, Brouillard sur la Seine and Boulevard des Italiens, identified as a pastel. A member of the Société des artistes français, he exhibited at its Salon from 1912 to 1914, while living in Melun. The works noted include Le Pont de Westminster à Londres in 1912, followed in 1913 by La route de Turin à Nice and Crépuscule parisien, both identified as watercolours. The 1914 catalogue includes, among others, Soleil d’hiver à Nice and Dans la forêt de Fontainebleau. In 1910, at the request of Léon Roubot, director of the Élysée-Palace, Stein produced four large canvases for the decoration of Vichy’s new casino. They evoke the resort’s leisure activities, from carriage rides and brasseries to the casino and the racecourse.
Several works are held in French museums. The Musée Carnavalet in Paris owns, among other works, Cavaliers et attelages, avenue du Bois, as well as the poster Grands magasins du Pont-Neuf, Paris, Jouets, Étrennes 1899. The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Melun holds Le Marché aux fleurs à Paris and the pastel La Place de l’Opéra le soir, as well as three paintings relating to the pont aux Fruits. On Le Pont aux Fruits le soir, the dedication to Émile Gaulard and the signature naming Georges Stein and Melun place the work in a personal connection with the city. In Vichy, the exhibition Échappées bucoliques presented L’arrivée des calèches and Fête des Fleurs devant la source des Célestins à Vichy in 2009, an oil on canvas measuring 130 × 195 cm from a private collection. His work also included illustration: he was among the illustrators of À mort by Rachilde in 1886, then contributed to the illustrations for Les Grands boulevards by Léo Claretie, published in 1897.
This profile brings together identity references for Georges Stein and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
eigentlich Séverin Louis Stein (Paris 1864–1917 Genf) Die Kathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris von der Place Jacques-Duhamel aus gesehen
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-09-12
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Oil on canvas
Place de l'Opéra
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-05-21 — 2024-06-05
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Die Spitalgasse in Bern.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-11-05
Published result : 4200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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L′esplanade de Montbenon à Lausanne.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2014-05-16
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8500
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Sommerliche Landschaft mit Heugarben.
Öl auf Mkt
Date to be documented
Published result : 450 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800
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Oil on canvas
Georges Stein (1870-1955), \Rue de la République à
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2011-12-14
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Sommerliche Seinepartie mit Boot.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 150 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400
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Berner Marktgasse mit Schützenbrunnen und Käfigturm.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 4400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000
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Oil on canvas
Der Rathausplatz in Bern.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media on painting board
Promenade du soir.
Mischtechnik auf Malkarton
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Auf dem Markt in Bern.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Auf dem Markt in Bern.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
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Oil on canvas
Le Palais fédéral
huile sur toile
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-05-30
Attribution recorded in catalogue
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