Gilles Aillaud
Born	1928
Died	24 March 2005 Paris
Nationality	French

Gilles Aillaud (1928 in Paris – 24 March 2005 in Paris) was an internationally known French painter, set decorator, and scenographer; 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.^[1] Aillaud was president of the Salon de la Jeune Peinture in 1964 and in 1968 painted "La bataille du riz" (in French), 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.

• Gilles Aillaud at the ENCYCLOPEDIE AUDIOVISUELLE DE L'ART CONTEMPORAIN (in French)

External links

• Gilles Aillaud Paintings Gallery (Public Domain Paintings - www.art.onilm.com)
• 2015 major retrospective of Gilles Aillaud held at the Estrine Museum
• Gilles Aillaud Political Animal, at the Pompidou Centre Paris 2023
• Portrait of Gilles Aillaud by Braun-Vega (1979).