Maxime Lalanne
Maxime Lalanne studied in Paris in the studio of Jean Gigoux and made his Salon debut in 1852. He was an important player in the etching revival in France and was a founding member in 1862 of the Societe des Aquafortistes. He made prints after artists such as Corot and Constant Troyon (a Barbizon school artist). He also produced illustrations for books by Victor Hugo in 1864. Lalanne’s drawings were very often critical of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Second Republic which can be seen, for example, in his collection of prints Souvenirs artistiques du siege de Paris (1871) which included “Batterie De Montmartre Prise Du Moulin De La Galette.” His work was also featured in famed Joseph Pennell’s book “Etchers and Etchings.”
Museum Collections (many)
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
- British Museum, London, GB
- Harvard Museum of Art, Massachusetts, USA