Paul-Albert Girard
Paul-Albert Girard | |
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Born | 1839 France |
Died | 1920 |
Nationality | French |
Education | École des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Orientalist |
Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
Paul-Albert Girard (1839–1920[1]) was a French painter. Although he painted portraits and landscapes, he is best known as an Orientalist painter of North African scenes.[2]
Life and career[]
The son of painter Pierre Girard, Albert studied at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1857 under Jean-Joseph Bellel.[2]
His work was exhibited at the Salon from 1859 to 1913, at the from 1887 to 1910, and at the .[2] He won the Prix de Rome in 1861 for the category 'paysage historique' (Historic landscapes) for his painting entitled, The Procession of Silenus.[3]
His oil painting Ritual Slaying of Cockerels (pictured) is in the collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.[1]
Girard was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1895.[2]
Gallery[]
Défilé des Cent gardes by Paul-Albert Girard
Entertainment in an Algerian House
Ritual Slaying of the Cockerels
Court of the Harem
View of Syout, Egypt
Oriental Dancer
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 2 artworks by or after Paul-Albert Girard, Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Saur, K G (2007). Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon. p. 160. ISBN 978-3598239113.
- ^ French website; House, J., Impressions of France: Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Their Rivals, Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 21
External links[]
- 2 artworks by or after Paul-Albert Girard at the Art UK site
- 1839 births
- 1920 deaths
- 19th-century French painters
- 20th-century French painters
- 20th-century male artists
- Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- French male painters
- Orientalist painters
- French painter, 19th-century birth stubs