, 15 July 1822; died Paris

Paris

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, France

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, 30 November 1892) was a French

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 decorative painter.

Until the age of 16, Galland studied metalwork with his father, Jacques Galland, a goldsmith

Goldsmith

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. He then joined the studio of Henri Labrouste

Henri Labrouste

Pierre François Henri Labrouste was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. After a six year stay in Rome, Labrouste opened an architectural training workshop, which quickly became the center of the Rationalist view...

, studying architecture

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. After two years of training, Labrouste encouraged him to pursue his interest in decorative art

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 under the direction of Michel Martin Drolling

Michel Martin Drolling

Michel Martin Drolling was a neoclassic French painter , painter of history and portraitist.-Biographie:He was born in Paris. There he began painting under the supervision of his father, the painter Martin Drolling, then after 1806 he studied with Jacques Louis David. For his Colère of Achilles...

. In 1843, the decorative painter Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri

Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri

Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri was a leading French set designer of his era....

 (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

Fête de la Concorde

The Fête de la Concorde was a festival held at the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, France.The architect Henri Labrouste and the painter Pierre-Victor Galland contributed to the decoration of the festival in 1848.- References :...

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Galland was responsible for the ceiling of the grand staircase at Dartmouth House

Dartmouth House

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 in Mayfair

Mayfair

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, London

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, England

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External links

• Pierre-Victor Galland on artnet
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• Pierre-Victor Galland, 1822–1892 books from the Open Library
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• Exposition: Pierre-Victor Galland. Un Tiepolo français au XIXe siècle