Eugène
Carrière
Born in 1849 in Gournay-sur-Marne, France
Died in 1906 in Paris, France

Eugène Carrière grew up in Strasburg, where he was trained in lithography, and studied at the École des Beaux- Arts de Paris under Cabanel. In 1878, he married Sophie Desmouceaux, with whom he would have seven children. The members of his family would be frequent models for his paintings. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1878 to 1890, then at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He was forever working outside of the stylistic categories of his time, and never joined any particular movement.

portfolio
2022
“Eugène Carrière (Chapitre 1 : Madame Carrière ; Chapitre 2 : La tendresse (scènes de la vie domestique) ; Chapitre 3 : Correspondances)”, Mennour, Paris
2013
“Exposition des œuvres d’Eugène Carrière de la donation Philippe-Denis”, Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France
1996
“Eugène Carrière 1849-1906”, Ancienne Douane, Strasbourg, France
“Eugène Carrière le peintre et son univers autour de 1900”, Musée de Saint-Cloud, France
1985
Art Point Gallery, Tokyo
1979
Galerie Coligny, Paris

© Eugène Carrière. Courtesy Succession Carrière and Mennour, Paris.