Artist: Eugène Louis Gillot
Size: 82 x 105 cm
Museum: Grand Palais (Paris, France)
Technique: Oil
Official French marine painter, Eugène-Louis Gillot (1867-1925) accompanied a delegation troop for an official voyage to the United States of America in 1921. He portrays on this card the arrival of the La Fayette in New York. Emphasis is placed on the transatlantic French liner. Commissioned in service from 1915 to 1917 on the Bordeaux-New York line, then, from 1919 to 1924, on the Le Havre-New York line, the La Fayette came to a tragic end, sinking in 1940, colliding with a mine at the estuary of the Gironde. The artist gives importance to the boat: the red chimneys are at the same height as the two skyscrapers, which rise from the mist. The La Fayette dominated the port, which is hidden by smoke. The details and warm colors of the foreground give depth to a painting which is practically devoid of perspective elements.The artist discovered the works of Turner during a trip to London in 1913 and took inspiration from them. This explains why he began to use the effects of fog, which can be found in many of his paintings.
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