Franz Gailliard

In front of the Stock Exchange Palace

Franz Gailliard , also Frans Gailliard and François Gailliard (born November 30, 1861 in Brussels , † February 16, 1932 there ) was a Belgian painter , etcher and illustrator .

Frans Gailliard studied from 1873 to 1881 at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles with Jean-François Portaels (1818–1895), Joseph Stallaert (1825–1903), François-Antoine Bossuet (1798–1889) and Paul Lauters (1806 -1875). His fellow students included u. a. James Ensor (1860–1949), Léon Frédéric (1865–1940) and Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921).

After graduation, he spent some time in Paris , where he exhibited from 1882 to 1891. He also went on study trips to Italy (1898) and Greece (1910).

Gailliard provided illustrations to many magazines. In addition, he also created portraits and landscapes. He also dealt with etchings. His drawings were always realistic, while paintings showed an influence from post-impressionism.

He showed his paintings at art exhibitions in Brussels (from 1880), Paris (from 1882), Berlin (1896), Düsseldorf (1904), Venice (1909), Munich (1910) and Amsterdam (1912).

literature

• Gailliard, Frans . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 78 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane: Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Laconti, Brussels 1981

Web links

Commons : Franz Gailliard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• François Gailliard. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
• Gailliard, Frans in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
• Gailliard, François in: askArt Biography (digitized version )