Title: French
Flower Painter of the 19th Century
Author: Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, Etienne Grafe
ISBN: 9 -780856-673481
General Topic: A dictionary of 19th Century French artists.
This
book combines stature and understanding to an always popular
subject: flower painting. It
is a comprehensive work of reference on the French painters
with over 3,500 entries and over 500 illustrations. The
introduction traces the Dutch and Flemish roots of the French
tradition of flower painting at the beginning of the period.
The book covers the importance of the Salons and the close
relationships between flower painters and the floral designs
of the textile, porcelain, and wallpaper industries; the sentimental
and symbolic associations of flowers; and the impact of general
movements in painting on the genre, from Neo-classical distinction
of Berjon to the Japanese mood of Monet’s bouquets.
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