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 in full red cloth under illustrated dust jacket, quarto (33 x 25 cm), 448 pages with 513 illustrations including 76 in color. This work illuminates the career of an eclectic painter who, from the Ancien Régime to the Restoration, initiated the aesthetic transformations of the 19th century. Often relegated to second-rank painters, genre painters of the late 18th century rarely find their place in art history of this period. This monograph of one of their most interesting representatives, Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, fills this gap while providing comprehensive 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 shipment outside the European Union.