| (....) Girieud was one of the first, if not the first, of modern artists to want to regain classicism. Let us remember his pre-war compositions where all licenses were already abolished. He repudiated the flavor of the moment and refused to be satisfied with the sketch. A canvas for him had to respond to a planned ordinance, it became a closed world, completed in itself, and whose decorative arabesque directed the government. Girieud rediscovered the value of the subject. His paintings expressed their title. The movements of his models were expressive of their situation or their actions. It was there, and in the best way, a return to classical symbolism, as practiced, in full living sap, the Renaissance. Anything current today, but we want to refer to 1913.
Girieud therefore proposed a beautiful program. He fills it in all points minus one. It was doing that which did not reach the style of feeling.
As we see Girieud today with an abundance and beautiful combination of landscapes, this last obstacle also seems removed. - [At Galerie Druet]
Reproduction of a landscape |