Collection: Eugène Carrière

Eugène Anatole Carrière (1849–1906) was a French Symbolist painter, lithographer, and art educator. Born in Gournay-sur-Marne, he was active in Paris during the fin-de-siècle period. He developed a distinctive artistic approach within the Symbolist movement, often depicting intimate domestic scenes and portraits.

Carrière's paintings employ a near-monochrome brown palette, creating an ethereal, dreamlike quality. He depicted subjects such as women and children, exemplified by works like Mother Nursing Child, and portraits of artists and poets. His lithographs also explored these themes, often rendering figures in a hazy, indistinct manner.

Carrière was a close friend of Auguste Rodin and associated with writers Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Charles Morice. His monochromatic style likely influenced Pablo Picasso's Blue Period and also impacted Henri Matisse. He contributed to the formation of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.