He was the son and pupil of the miniaturist painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey. He exhibited at the Salon from 1824.
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Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey
1803 - 1886
Paintings by Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey

Although titled Grandfather’s Birthday, an inscription on the wooden support on the reverse of this small oak panel reads Le Nouveau Né (The Newborn), which may be a more appropriate title. We are looking at an intergenerational family group ranging from a young infant to an elderly man. The mix...
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Louis-Gabriele-Eugène Isabey was among the first of the nineteenth-century French painters to be inspired by the Normandy coast, which was to become an important location for artists such as Boudin and Monet. Yet despite its title, this small picture may not be set in Dieppe, a fishing port on th...
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