Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 46 works by Georges Clairin in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Georges Clairin left, the most famous is The Opium Smokers (1872). Close behind it come Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1876) and Portrait of Émile de Girardin (1806-1881), publicist and politician (1877). Our catalog holds 46 works by Georges Clairin; the gallery has kept the 46 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
The Opium Smokers is an oil on canvas work by Georges Clairin, executed in 1872. The painting captures a scene of theatrical subjects, focusing on figures luxuriating within well-appointed European interiors. This specific composition reflects the artist's interest in portraying characters in states of repose and leisure.
The Gondola1896 · Petit Palais
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Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt1893 · National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba
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An interval at the Opera1900
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The Arrival of the Guests, Venice1919
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Spanish Woman On Balcony
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Funeral of Victor Hugo - the vigil under the Arc de Triomphe1885 · Musée Victor Hugo
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Ophelia in the Thistle
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Froufrou
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La Loire offrant ses présents à la ville de Tours
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Harem woman
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La Promenade
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An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer
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Portrait d'une jeune fille
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Massacre des Abencérages à Grenade
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Les SaltimbanquesMusée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
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Les brûleuses de varechMusée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Brieuc
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L'Incendie des TuileriesMusée d'Orsay
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Sarah Bernhardt dans son jardin de Belle Ile
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Battle of ArabsDahesh Museum of Art
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The Distant Princess
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La Grande Vague
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Buste De Femme De Profil
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Woman by the sea
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Jeune Femme A Reveillon
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A Walk In The Wood
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Elegant Figures Watching The Regatta
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A brides fantasy
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Entering The HaremWalters Art Museum
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On The Balcony
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Ophelia
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Minister of tangiers
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Les Vivants Défendent Leurs MortsMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Cholet Native Name
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Elegant Ladies Fishing
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La fete fleurie
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Les Brûleuses De Varech À La Pointe Du Raz
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The sultans favorites
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Georges Clairin | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Petit Palais |
Paris | 3 | Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris: Fête Champêtre in the Environs of Paris, The Gondola |
 Carnavalet Museum |
Paris | 2 | Portrait of Émile de Girardin (1806-1881), publicist and politician, Portrait of Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906), singer |
 Musée Des Beaux Arts |
Mulhouse | 1 | Le schérif de Oussan (Maroc) entre à la mosquée |
 Musée Massey |
Tarbes | 1 | L'armée française dans l'église San Marco à Venise |
 National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba |
Havana | 1 | Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt |
 Musée Victor Hugo |
Paris | 1 | Funeral of Victor Hugo - the vigil under the Arc de Triomphe |
 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau |
Pau | 1 | Les Saltimbanques |
 Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Brieuc |
Saint-Brieuc | 1 | Les brûleuses de varech |
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The Opium Smokers is an oil on canvas work by Georges Clairin, executed in 1872. The painting captures a scene of theatrical subjects, focusing on figures luxuriating within well-appointed European interiors. This specific composition reflects the artist's interest in portraying characters in states of repose and leisure.
The Opium Smokers (1872). Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1876) and Portrait of Émile de Girardin (1806-1881), publicist and politician (1877) come next.
29 years old: The Opium Smokers dates from 1872, and Georges Clairin was born in 1843.
The Opium Smokers, Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, Portrait of Émile de Girardin (1806-1881), publicist and politician, Le schérif de Oussan (Maroc) entre à la mosquée, The King's Jester, Portrait of Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906), singer, Portrait of the dancer Virginia Zucchi, Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris: Fête Champêtre in the Environs of Paris, L'armée française dans l'église San Marco à Venise and Le Carnage. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 46 works by Georges Clairin, dated from 1872 to 1919.
Mostly in Petit Palais (Paris), Carnavalet Museum (Paris) and Musée Des Beaux Arts (Mulhouse). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1890s: 5 of the 46 works on this page were made then, Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris: Fête Champêtre in the Environs of Paris among them.
On this page, the earliest is The Opium Smokers (1872) and the latest The Arrival of the Guests, Venice (1919).
Woman (3), People (2) and Portrait (2), across the 46 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 2 of the 46 works on this page.
Orientalism, judging by the originals on this page.
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, Sketch for the Lobau Gallery of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris: Fête Champêtre in the Environs of Paris and The Gondola: the Petit Palais, Paris holds 3 of the works on this page.
