Lot 415: Un Banc au Boulevard Anspach

Un Banc au Boulevard Anspach signed 'F. GAILLIARD' (lower right) and inscribed with the title (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 127 x 172cm (50 x 67 11/16in).

127x 172cm

Frans Gailliard studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels under the masters Jean François Portaels (1818-1895), Joseph Stallaert (1825-1903), François Bossuet (1798-1889) and Paul Lauters (1806-1875) alongside notable contemporaries such as James Ensor (1860-1949), Léon Frédéric (1865-1940) and Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Gailliard's drawings were used by many magazines as illustrations and this social commentary found its way into his urban subjects such as the present lot. He uses the title to place the scene on a particular street, the Boulevard Anspach in Brussels. He is best known for his evocative depictions of his hometown.