Known for his panoramic views of the streets of Paris, Edmond Georges Grandjean entered the French captital’s prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in 1862, studying mainly genre subjects and portraits. However, like
many artists, Grandjean soon became fascinated with the growth and change taking place in Paris in the 1860s as a result of Haussmannization, and turned his attention to documenting the city’s changing landscape.
A contemporary of the Impressionists, Grandjean belonged to a different tradition, believing in a meticulous observation of nature and its careful rendering with almost photographic realism. He completed his view
of Paris’ Place de Passy in 1882, when Passy was still a relatively new section of the city, having only been annexed in 1860. Grandly scaled, Grandjean submitted A Coach Stop on the Place de Passy to the Paris
Salon of 1882, where it was accepted and featured in that exhibition’s catalogue.
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