Georges Stein

Georges Stein, born Séverin Louis Stein (Paris, 12 February 1864 - Geneva, 1917 ), was a French Impressionist artist. Stein was a painter and draughtsman, and is known primarily for light-infused views of Paris and London. He also painted scenes from Melun, Vichy, Bern, Geneva, and Monte Carlo.

Biography Stein was born in Paris, the son of bookbinder Marc-Séverin and Barbe Kintziger.

He was a member of the Société des artistes français, and exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1912 to 1914,

He was a student of Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. He populated his paintings with elegant women in a hurry as they went about their daily business. which depicted carriage rides, visits to the brasseries, the casino and the racetrack.

Salons Salon des indépendants : 1906, 22nd exhibition: Parisienne (effet de nuit) La rue Auber au crépuscule Promenade des Anglais à Nice Le Quai de la Tournelle Brouillard sur la Seine Coin de forêt (Fontainebleau) La rue de Sèvres Boulevard des Italiens, pastel Salon des artistes français : 1912, 130th official exhibition: La route de Turin à Nice, aquarelle Crépuscule parisien, aquarelle rehaussée 1914, 132nd official exhibition: Soleil d'hiver à Nice Dans la forêt de Fontainebleau Sur le pont des Saints-Pères - crépuscule, aquarelle rehaussée Crépuscule d'hiver, aquarelle rehaussée

Exhibitions Exhibition of the Société des Arts de Seine-et-Marne, 1914, 8th exhibition. "Échappées bucoliques", Médiathèque Valery Larbaud, Vichy, 2009 : L'arrivée des calèches et Fête des Fleurs devant la source des Célestins à Vichy, oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm, private collection.

Works in public collections Paris, musée Carnavalet : Cavaliers et attelages, avenue du Bois, oil on canvas, 80 x 58 cm; Grands magasins du Pont-Neuf, Paris, Jouets, Étrennes 1899, poster, 131 x 94 cm. Melun, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire : Le Marché aux fleurs à Paris; La Place de l'Opéra le soir, pastel; Three paintings relating to the Jeanne d'Arc bridge (a.k.a. pont aux Fruits): Vue de la Seine depuis la promenade de Vaux, oil on canvas; Le Pont aux Fruits le soir, oil on canvas (dedicated « À Monsieur Émile Gaulard, bien affectueusement. G. Stein » and signed « SEVER LUD GEORGES STEIN. MELUN »); Le Pont de Melun, oil on canvas.

Conflict of sources Sources conflict over Stein's dates of birth and death. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists gives the year of birth as "c. 1870". The auction house Christie's, among others, gives the dates 1855–1930. The French National Library now gives the dates 1864–1917.

There is some ambiguity on the web over Stein's gender; some gallery websites describe him as a female painter.