Gilles Aillaud (; 1928 in

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– 24 March 2005 in Paris) was an internationally known French

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, and

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; as well, he was one of the main proponents of the ''Nouvelle Figuration'' and ''Figuration Narrative'' schools of art. He primarily painted animals, being best known for large canvases of zoo animals in which humans are invisible but strongly present, but also producing pictures of African wildlife in their natural environment.''Gilles Aillaud: Animal Politique'', Ottinger Didier, Centre Georges Pompidou Service Commercial, 2023 Aillaud was president of the Salon de la Jeune Peinture in 1964 and in 1968 painte
"La bataille du riz"
a depiction of an American soldier being held prisoner by the Vietnamese.

References

''This article was based on portions of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.''

at the ENCYCLOPEDIE AUDIOVISUELLE DE L'ART CONTEMPORAIN

External links

Gilles Aillaud Paintings Gallery
(Public Domain Paintings - www.art.onilm.com)
2015 major retrospective of Gilles Aillaud held at the Estrine MuseumGilles Aillaud Political Animal, at the Pompidou Centre Paris 2023Portrait of Gilles Aillaud
by Braun-Vega (1979). 1928 births 2005 deaths Painters from Paris 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists French set decorators Scenographers {{Design-bio-stub