# Jean Jacques Gailliard artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1890-11-22
- Death date: 1976-04-17
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Symbolism, Pointillism, Abstraction
- Common media: Painting, Drawing, Engraving, Lithography, Graphic art

## About Jean Jacques Gailliard

Jean-Jacques Gailliard (1890–1976) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who also worked as a draftsman, engraver and lithographer. Born in Brussels and dying in Saint-Gilles, he developed work that moved through Symbolism, Pointillism and abstraction. In the 1930s, he formulated the concept of “surimpressionnisme” as part of his artistic approach. Accounts of his work also emphasize the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg’s theosophical doctrine and its science of correspondences, an intellectual framework relevant to interpreting his imagery. Collectors may encounter Gailliard through paintings, works on paper, engravings, lithographs and other graphic work rather than through one uniform category. His identity is represented in Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN and IdRef, helping distinguish him from similarly named historical figures. Appraisily groups a substantial body of auction records under his name, although every individual work still requires careful review of its medium, date, attribution and cataloguing context.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Gailliard’s name may include paintings, drawings and other works on paper, as well as engravings, lithographs and broader graphic work. His documented stylistic range extends from Symbolism and Pointillism to abstraction, with a distinct surimpressionist concept emerging during the 1930s. Because the source pack does not provide a detailed catalogue of subjects or editions, specific imagery, print states and edition information should be verified from the individual object and its cataloguing history.

## Market and appraisal context

Gailliard’s market should be considered by work type rather than treated as one undifferentiated price series. Paintings, drawings, engravings and lithographs require different comparison sets, while a work’s relationship to his Symbolist, Pointillist, abstract or 1930s surimpressionist development may determine which public sales are most relevant. Appraisal should begin with identity and attribution review, followed by comparison with works of similar medium and period. The collected source pack establishes a public auction-record presence but provides no lot-level evidence for condition, dimensions, provenance, edition status or realized prices. Those details must be checked on the object and in the underlying sale records before drawing value conclusions. The available evidence does not support a price trend or forecast.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available. The present profile separates established authority data from art-historical claims and identifies where lot-level evidence remains necessary.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2788841
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/64109101/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/086017667
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500041791
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Gailliard
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Gailliard
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-jacques-gailliard/