M. de Gallard Oil on Canvas Painting

This oil on canvas painting was bought by a family member back in the 1970's at a Art Gallery in Carmel, Ca. Believe it was during one of M. de Gallard's exhibitions.  The painting is in mint condition, measures 26" x 32".

Interesting thing about the painting is that it is close to being an abstract painting when M. de Gallard was one of the founding members of the anti-abstract movement in Paris, "L'homme Témoin".

History: 

BIOGRAPHY

1921 Born in the Allier region.

1943 After his classical studies, he left medical school and dedicated himself to painting ; Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Arts Décoratifs. Moved to la Ruche, historic nursery of the Ecole de Paris where artists like Chagall, Soutine and Léger once lived...

The sordidly realistic movement ("the misérabilisme”) influenced by Gruber begins. Michel de Gallard is one of the best of this group.

1948-1949 Participated in the Homme-Témoin exhibition with Lorjou, Buffet, Minaux, Rebeyrolle...

1950 One of the founding members of the Salon de la Jeune Peinture with Bernard Buffet.

Won the Prix des Amis des Arts.

1952 Prix Antral, Prix Portica de la Biennale de Menton.

1953 Prix de la Ville de Saint-Dénis, Prix des Amis de la Biennale de Menton.

Exhibition in the Salon de L’Ecole de Paris in the Gallery Charpentier, Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

1955 Married Claude Autenheimer. Numerous acquisitions of his art by the French State, the city of Paris and foreign museums.

1957 Moved to the countryside near Sens.

1960 Prix Biennal Lilas-Bug at the Salon des Comparaisons.

1971 Prix du Conseil Genéral des Yvelines at the Salon de Mantes-la-Jolie.

Prix du Syndicat d’Initiative de la Ville de Mantes-la-Jolie.

He regularly exhibited in the most important Parisian galleries (Galerie Framond, Galerie Hervé, Galerie David et Garnier, Galerie Maurice Garnier, Galerie de la Présidence) and also abroad : Japan, Canada, South Africa, England and United States.

Regular participation in the Salons ; Salon d’Automne, Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps, Salon des Comparaisons, Salon des Indépendents, Salon du Dessin and Salon de la Peinture à l‘Eau.

2007 Died in July

EXHIBITIONS

1956 Galerie Framond, Paris.

1958 Galerie Framond, Paris.

1959 Galerie Combes, Clermont-Ferrand.

1960 Galerie Hervé Odermatt, Paris.

1961 Galerie Saint-Georges, Lyon.

1962 Galerie Dresdnère, Toronto, Canada. Galerie David et Garnier, Paris.

1964 Galerie Musson, Orléans. Galerie Lefévre, London, England.

1965 Galerie David et Garnier, Paris.

1966 Galerie Chappe-Lautier, Toulouse. Galerie Malaval, Lyon.

1967 Galerie Arte Moderno, Caracas, Venezuela.

1968 Galerie Lefévre, London, Paris. Galerie Moyon Avenard, Nantes. Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA.

1969 Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris.

1970 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA. Tamenaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

1971 Galerie Lefévre, London, England.

1972 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA.

1974 Martal Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA.

1975 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA. Galerie d’Art Contemporain, La Rochère, Vosges.

1976 Château de la Bertrandière, Saint-Etienne.

1977 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA. Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesbourg, South Africa.

1978 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA. Galerie de la Présidence, Paris.

1980 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA.

1983 Atelier 4, Sens. Everard Read Gallery, Johannesbourg, South Africa.

1984 Tamenaga Gallery, Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan.

1985 Zantman Gallery, Carmel, California, USA. Galerie Le Cadre Noir, Reunion Islands.

1986 Galerie Le Réhaut, Lyon. Galerie de la Présidence, Paris.

1988 Yu Gallery, Nagoya, Japan.

1989 Four Room Gallery, Yokohama, Japan.

1990 Daimaru Gallery, Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

1993 Galerie de la Présidence, Paris.

1997 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Villeneuve s/Yonne (drawings).

1999 Château de Val (Corrèze), retrospective.

2006 Collégiale Saint-Lazare, Avallon, retrospective.

SALONS / ART FAIRS

He participated in all the important Salons in Paris:

Salon des Moins de Trente Ans- Salon des Jeunes Peintres

Salon d’Automne

Salon des Indèpendents

Salon des Tuileries

L’Ecole de Paris à la Galerie Charpentier

Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps

Salon Comparaisons

Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau

Salon de Mai

Salon Terres Latines

Salon le Migame

Salon de Paris

Salon Bijorhca

Exposition Internationale de Peinture de Paris

WORKS IN MUSEUMS

Musée de la Ville de Paris

Musée de Djakarta

Musée de Poitiers

Bibliothèque Municipale de Riom

Musée Yamagata, Japan