Born 1899, Clichy, France. Died 1985

Christian Caillard founded the group Pre-Saint‑Gervais with the novelist Eugene Dabit and the painter Maurice Loutreuil in 1923. He travelled extensively during the latter part of the 1920s, returning to Paris in 1933. In the following year he won the Prix Blumenthal and in 1936 the North African Prize.

He executed a number of murals, most notably at the Palais de la Decouverte and at the Musée Guimet. In the 1960s he had a number of exhibitions in Paris.

Ballet Dancer