Eclectic Painter of the 19th Century

Description

Nicolás-Antoine Taunay (1755-1830) Artena. Deauville, 2003. Editorial binding in red cloth under illustrated dust jacket, in-4°, 33 x 25 cm, 448 pages with 513 illustrations, of which 76 are in color. The work highlights the career of an eclectic painter who initiated aesthetic changes from the Old Regime to the Restoration. Often relegated to the category of second-tier painters, late 18th-century genre painters rarely find their place in art history. This monograph fills a gap and provides deep insight into a prolific artist who worked for kings, emperors, the court of Brazil, as well as editors and curious minds of his time.