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Description: | Signed: yes Description: French flower-painting in the first half of the nineteenth century looked back to the works of the Dutch and Flemish masters of the seventeenth century. This autumnal-themed piece includes a Wedgewood vase, grapes, apples, peaches and vine leaves. Flower-painting was considered a lowly genre within the French art world and was not taught at the École des Beaux-Arts. However, the small size of these works made them eminently saleable. Around mid-century, critics began to find fault with the minute style of flower-painting, calling for a more painterly, broader treatment and less attention to botanical accuracy. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Gautier, Armand (French painter, 1825-1894) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8584... | Go to resource |
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