Paul-Albert Girard

Paul-Albert Girard studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Jean-Joseph Bellel, François-Édouard Picot and Hippolyte Flandrin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Work by Paul-Albert Girard is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne and Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.

• Name — Paul-Albert Girard • Born — 1839 • Birthplace — France • Died — 1920 • Education — École des Beaux-Arts, Paris • Known for — Painter • Movement — Orientalist • Awards — Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

The son of painter Pierre Girard, Albert studied at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1857 under Jean-Joseph Bellel. His work was exhibited at the Salon from 1859 to 1913, at the Dijon Salon from 1887 to 1910, and at the Salon des peintres orientalistes. He won the Prix de Rome in 1861 for the category 'paysage historique' (Historic landscapes) for his painting entitled, The Procession of Silenus. His oil painting Ritual Slaying of Cockerels (pictured) is in the collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Girard was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1895.

• Illustration — Femme dans un intérieur à Alger - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne • Illustration — Défilé des Cent gardes • Illustration — Entertainment in an Algerian House • Illustration — Ritual Slaying of the Cockerels • Illustration — Court of the Harem • Illustration — View of Syout, Egypt • Illustration — Oriental Dancer