Overview
Girardet was an exceptional academic Orientalist and landscape painter of the late 19th century. He was a student of Leon Gérome whom he clearly emulates both in subjects and technique. His work was almost always figural and often he challenged himself with extraordinarily difficult compositions.
Exhibitions
Salon de 1878
Salon de 1879
Salon de 1880
Museums and Public Collections
Art Moderne, Paris
Dahesh Museum, New York City, NY
Musée d'Alger
Musée d'Orsay
Musée de Bâle
Musée de Genève
Musée de la Rochelle
Musée de Zurich
Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco