Galland, Pierre Victor (1822-1892) - 'French 19th century Tiepolo'

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Galland, Pierre Victor (1822-1892) - 'French 19th century Tiepolo'Photograph album containing 28 mounted albumen prints of allegorical paintings by the artist for the Galerie des Metiers in the Paris Town Hall (1888-1891). The prints executed by a commercial photographer of the period show 2 decorative portals (133 x 271mm), 18 paintings (182 x 271mm) representing the various arts and crafts, sciences, trade, industry, and agriculture (all are signed and dated 'P.V. Galland 1891'), and 8 emblematic female figures (260 x 280) symbolizing these subjects. The album in large oblong quarto consists of a total of 24 thick paper boards, edges gilt, 9 of which remain blank. Contemporary half morocco, rubbed. Period documentation of the paintings in the Galerie des Métiers, considered the most important official commission by this influential decorative artist. The album appears to have been prepared as a pattern book for craftsmen and decorators. The paintings for the Paris Town Hall are rated among the most important works by this influential decorative artist. Galland (1822-1892) was also noted for his contributions to the Paris Pantheon, the Palais de l'Elysée, the Vanderbilt mansion in New York, and the Narishkin Palace in St Petersburg. He was a prolific and versatile artist, who mostly however carried out private commissions. Galland taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts from 1873; he became artistic director of the Gobelin factory in 1877. The magnificent tapestries which he designed for the Elysée Palace (1854-8), as well as his paintings at St Cloud, were destroyed by the Commune. See Henry Havard, 'L'Oeuvre de P.-V. Galland', Paris, 1895; also, Vachon, 'L'Hotel de Ville de Paris (1905), p.183ff. From the library of the eminent British stained glass revivalist firm Clayton Bell with their bookplate. N° de ref. del artículo 5024

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