Eugène Boch est né 1855
à Saint Vaast, La Louvière, Belgique.
Il est le dernier des 4 enfants
et seul fils de l'industriel Victor Boch.
La peintre Anna Boch est l'ainé des enfants.


Son pere Victor (1817 - 1920)
et son oncle Eugen (1809 - 1898)
avait cree la sociéte "Boch Freres",
dons les origines se trouvent au Luxembourg
avec une manufacture
de produits ceramiques crée en 1748
du grand père
Jean Francois Boch (1782 - 1858)
et l'arrière grand père
Pierre Joseph Boch (1737 - 1818)

Eugène Boch a grandi
dans un environement marqué
par le design des manufactures.

Il arrive à Paris en 1879
et s'installe rue Ganneron à Montmartre (75018)
Eleve de l'atélier Corman
il rencontre la plupart des peintres Impressionists
de cette époque.

Eugène Boch, très timide et très discrèt
est un héritier très fortuné.

Suivant l'exèmple de sa grande soeur Anna
Eugène Boch se met à soutenir ses amis
en achétant leurs oeuvres.
Ainsi il constitue une des
toute premières collection d'Art Moderne
(dispersée et disparue aujourd'hui).

Cela commence à se savoir
dans le milieu
et nombreux sont les peintres
qui veulent être son ami.


Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941)
est un des premiers amis parisiens
d'Eugène Boch



La photo montre Emile Bernard
avec Vincent van Gogh vue du dos.
C'est la seul photo autentifie de peindre
hollandais qui n'aimait pas être pris en photo.


Eugene Boch was born in 1855
in Saint Vaast, La Louvière, Belgium.


He is one of the heirs
of a family from Luxembourg
that produces ceramics since 1748.

The painter Anna Boch (1848 - 1936)
is the oldest
of Eugene's 3 sisters.
His father Victor Boch (1817 - 1920)
operates "Boch Freres"
a manufacture in La Louviere, Belgium


The children grew up in a
Ceramics design environmrent
in different places where the family
had production sites,
Luxembourg
La Louviere / Belgium
Mettlach / Germany.

As a child Eugène grows up drawing.
He gets lessons in a drawing school,
Mahlschule Mettlach
founded by his uncle Eugen
and designs logos for the families
Ceramic factories.


Eugène Boch arrives in Paris in 1879
and settles in Montmartre.
He enters a new drawing school
the Atelier Cormon, 104 Boulevard de Clichy
he meets many other artists.

Eugène disposes of significan revenues
coming from different Ceramics companies.
He uses them to buy paintings of his friends,
Emile Bernard, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaugin,
Dodge Mac Knight and many others.

When walking through the center of Paris
Eugene loves to take his friends
to Cremerie de Paris,
a place in the Halles foodmarket
sourrounded by legends and fairytales.


Centuries ago the place was the home
of the old Villeroy family
his aount Octavie Villeroy admired
for their glamour and style.






When Cremerie de Paris
started it's Pop Up Store adventure in 2011
there was no money,
nothing.
Having to face a 6 year
construction period
in front of the store
was like a "mission impossible"


environment of the Pop Up Stores
from 2012 - 2017
picture David Aaron Benali (Cremerie de Paris)
and Natalia Brodskaya (Hermitage Museum)

Help came from a 3x great-uncle
never met in person
as the magic around him
pushed by the glamour
of Gabrielle Chanel (1883 - 1971),
another key person in the
Cremerie de Paris History.

Their magic attracted
one ultra famous brands
creating the most beautiful
Product Launch events



Apple that already came a first time
in 1999 with company founder Steve Jobs
walking into the Cybercafe.
returned 4 tims with iconic billbords
More Apple events are sheduled to come in 2026.


The Kingdom of Morocco (2025)
was another cool project
you can even see in
Visit Mettlach.com
or Visit La Louviere.com (coming soon)



Cremerie de Paris and the Pavillons Baltard
during the times
of Eugene Boch and Vincent van Gogh.