Edit Object 1424

The "Edge of the Seine", and she is sitting comfortably, aware without letting anyone know she is aware she is being watched. Springtime white silk gloves, the tiny black tie and blue ribbon in her hat are the essence of a single woman of youthful substance, and with the brightening day, Summer's breath in the air.

Gall obviously spied the woman and either committed her beauty to his mind's eye or sketch book, or quite possibly encouraged her to linger while he performed the work in the Plein-Air. Another couple sit on the concrete river wall, the man with his head down into his Parisian newspaper, watching the evolution of Modern Europe take hold. That is what Gall captured better than most; the high point of an era after the devastation of a worldwide war.

At the water level, thirty feet below the street levels in some spots, the Seine cuts through the center of Paris, as the city was built in the bowl the river itself cut in antiquity. Lined with cobbled quays, the Right and Left Banks are lined with trees and shrubs, the cool natural presence are contrasted by the 32 bridges that cross her width. It all adds up one of the most unique and enduring cityscapes in the world, and Gall painted her 20Th Century epochs. A lone river boat is barely visible, sort of suggesting that few ever wish to leave.

Select a Type
American Ship Portrait
Barometers
Bells
Binnacles & Compasses
Binoculars
Book Maritime
Book Voyages
Books
Books General
Boylhart Collection
Builders Full Models
Builders Half-Model
Canes - Decorative
Canes - Gimmick
Cannons
Carving
Chronometers
Clocks
Contemporary Art
Contemporary Models
Decorative Art - Boxes
Dieppe Models
Diorama Models
Diving Helmets & Equipment
Dockyard Models
Edged Weapons
Engravings
Figureheads
Firearms
Fishing Equipment
Folk Art Models
Furniture
Glass and Pottery
Globes
Jewelry
Joe & Lisa's Art Collection
Lamps
Letters
Lighthouse Artifacts
Limited-Edition Prints
Lithographs
Maps & Charts
Marine Narrative
Marine Narrative at Sea
Medical
Microscopes
Miscellaneous Artifacts
Navigation Instruments - Compass
Navigation Instruments
Navigation Instruments - Sextant
Octants, Quadrants & Backstaffs
Original art
Other Models
Painted Photograph
Passenger Liner Memorabilia
Patent Models
Period Models
Photographs
Pond Models
Pottery
Prints
Prisoner-of-War Artifacts
Prisoner-of-War Models
Sailor Crafts
Sailor Valentines
Sailor Woolworks
Scrimshaw Artifacts
Scrimshaw Private
Scrimshaw Teeth
Sea Chests
Sextants
Ship Clocks
Ship Hardwares
Ship in a Bottle
Ship Log Books
Ships Flogging Whip
Signed Documents
Silver and Silver Plated Models
Speaking Trumpets
Statues
Steam Engine Models
Steam Models
Sundials
Sword
Tankards & Pitchers
Telescopes
Tillers, Rudders & Yokes
Toy Models
Trinity Boxes
Trophys & Presentions
Voyages & Travels
Watches
Whaling