Louis Gallait
(1810–1887) belgisk målare
Louis Gallait (Flanders/Belgium, 1810–1887) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Louis Gallait belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Louis Gallait was born in Tournai and died in Schaerbeek. The teachers included Philippe-Auguste Hennequin, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, and Paul Delaroche. Louis Gallait worked in Brussels and Paris. Louis Gallait became a member of Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Royal Academy of Arts. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. The students included Frédérique Émilie Auguste O'Connell.
The best-known works include ‘De Avond (le soir)’, ‘Verlaten (l'abandon)’, ‘Abdication of Charles V by Louis Gallait’, and ‘The Last Honors to Counts Egmont and Hoorne’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 29 works by Louis Gallait with free images. The dated works span the years 1832–1872. Works by Louis Gallait are held by several collections, among them Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Eremitaget, Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, and Royal Collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Petrus van Schendel, Fanny Geefs, Édouard de Bièfve, Joseph Geefs, and Alfred Dedreux.