Painting By Michel De Gallard Oil On Canvas From The 1950s Landscape

Michel de Gallard, after classical studies, chose to abandon the path of medicine to devote himself to painting. As early as 1946, he established his studio at La Ruche, a renowned location where artists such as Chagall, Soutine and Léger also worked. In 1948, alongside artists such as Buffet, Minaux and Rebeyrolle, he actively participated in the "witness man" manifesto initiated by Lorjou. This manifesto vigorously opposed the rise of abstraction in the artistic world of the time. Continuing Gruber's influence and coming from the miserabilist movement of the immediate post-war period, Gallard exhibited regularly between 1940 and 1960, notably at the Salon des Less de Trente Ans and at the Salon de la Jeune Peinture. For about a decade, he was represented by the Galerie Maurice Granier, but since 1971, Michel de Gallard has exhibited exclusively at the Galerie de la Présidence.