Paul-Albert Girard

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]

Paul-Albert Girard
Born1839
France
Died1920
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist
AwardsChevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

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 Dijon Salon from 1887 to 1910, and at the Salon des peintres orientalistes.[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]

  • Femme dans un intérieur à Alger - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne
    Femme dans un intérieur à Alger - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne[4]
  • Défilé des Cent gardes
    Défilé des Cent gardes
  • Entertainment in an Algerian House
    Entertainment in an Algerian House
  • Ritual Slaying of the Cockerels
    Ritual Slaying of the Cockerels
  • Court of the Harem
    Court of the Harem
  • View of Syout, Egypt
    View of Syout, Egypt
  • Oriental Dancer
    Oriental Dancer

See also

References
  1. 2 artworks by or after Paul-Albert Girard, Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. Saur, K G (2007). Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon. p. 160. ISBN 978-3598239113.
  3. French website; House, J., Impressions of France: Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Their Rivals, Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 21
  4. https://webmuseo.com/ws/musees-narbonne/app/collection/record/219


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