Artist
Pierre-Victor Galland
French, 1822–1892
Pierre-Victor Galland was a French Realism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Pierre-Victor Galland was born in Geneva.
Pierre-Victor Galland (Geneva, 15 July 1822 – Paris, 30 November 1892) was a French decorative painter. Until the age of 16, Galland studied metalwork with his father, Jacques Galland, a goldsmith. He then joined the studio of Henri Labrouste, studying architecture.
After two years of training, Labrouste encouraged him to pursue his interest in decorative art under the direction of Michel Martin Drolling. In 1843, the decorative painter Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri (1782–1868) hired Galland to assist with the painting of figures, flowers, fruit, and garlands. In 1848, he again worked with Labrouste, in 1848, on the decoration of the Fête de la Concorde.
Galland was responsible for the ceiling of the grand staircase at Dartmouth House in Mayfair, London, England. Marcel de Chollet was one of his students at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
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