AII - Artist - DeGallard, Michel

Born: Paris 1921
Studied: Medical School, Paris
Ecole Nationale des Beaux arts Dcoratifs, Paris

Michel De Gallard is considered to be a member of the illustrious “School of Paris” and his work is often exhibited with that of Camille Bombois, Bernard Buffet, Edouard Cortes, Jean Dufy, Henri Lebasque and Elisee Maclet.  De Gallard abandoned lengthy studies of the classics and medicine to join  “La Ruche,” the group of artists who rejected abstraction and embraced a new form of realism. They included Leger, Archipenko, Zadkine, Chagall and Soutine. In 1948 he joined Lorjou, Buffet and Mineaux as an active member of “Manifestes de l’Homme  Temoin.” In 1949 he became director of the Salone d’Autome after which he was awarded many prizes by both the City of Paris and the French government.  His work may be found at the Musee d’Arte Moderne de la Ville de Paris amd ar museums ranging from Jakarta to Yamagata.

Selected Bibliography:

Rene Huygues and Jean Rudel. L’Arte et le Monde Moderne de 1920 a Nos Jours, Larousse, 1970.
Raymond Charmet.  Dictionnaire de l’Arte Contemporain, Editions Larousse, 1965.
Roland Pietri and Pierre Gaudibert. “Michel de Gallard,” Collection “La Nouvelle Ecole de Paris,” Editions Pierre Callier, 1962.
Raymond Nacenta. Histoire de l’Ecole de Paris, Editions Seghers.

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