Monograph of an Eclectic Painter (1755-1830)

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LEBRUN JOUVE (Claudine) [Preface by Pedro Corrêa do Lago.] Nicolas-Antoine TAUNAY (1755-1830). Arthena, Deauville, 2003. Publisher's binding, full red canvas under illustrated dust jacket, quarto, 33 x 25 cm, 448 pages with 513 illustrations, 76 in color. This work illuminates the career of an eclectic painter who, from the Ancien Régime to the Restoration, initiated the aesthetic upheavals of the 19th century. Genre painters of the late 18th century are rarely acknowledged in art history of this period. This monograph of one of their most interesting representatives fills a gap while providing in-depth knowledge of a prolific artist who worked for the King, the Emperor, the Brazilian court, as well as for publishers and collectors of his time. Fine copy. No shipping outside the European Union.