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The Man with the Pink
1869
Claude Ferdinand
Gaillard (French, 1834-1887) after Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, c. 1390-1441)
Engraving on ivory wove paper
Claude Ferdinand Gaillard (7 January 1834 – 19 January 1887) was a French
engraver and painter, who had been born and died in Paris.
Biography
His early studies were probably with James Hopwood and Lecouturier[who?];
but his chief master was Leon Cogniet, with whom he began engraving in 1850. In
this year, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts. At first he had to engrave
fashion-plates to make money enough to live, but his application to his art
brought him the Prix de Rome for engraving, in 1856. At his first public
showing in 1860, his prints were called laboured, soft, and flaccid, more like
Drypoint etchings than burin work, and he was advised to adhere to the
established rules of his art. Gaillard had already chosen a new method, and his
work was a shock, because not done according to the formulae of that day. He
was such an innovator that in 1863 he was among the "Salon des
Refusés", but in their exhibition his portrait of Bellini[which?] was
hailed by Philippe Burty as the work of a master, "who engraved with
religious care and showed a high classical talent". Gaillard's new manner
was to engrave with soft, delicate lines, drawn closely together but not
crossing, and to render every fold, wrinkle, or mark on the skin with care.
Henceforth Gaillard was represented by engravings and paintings at every Salon.
He was best known for his L'Homme à l'Oeillet, completed in eight days, which
brought him only $100.
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