Salon painting
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The salon painting is a style of painting during the 19th century.
The name Salon Painting is originally derived from the annual exhibitions in the Salon carré des Louvre in Paris (→ Salon de Paris ). Since the time of Louis XV. Art exhibitions, commonly referred to as salons, took place in Paris (originally only in the Salon carré des Louvre). These were introduced by Louis Philippe. Works of art by artists recognized by the authorities were exhibited here.
So it was only possible to exhibit works of art that met the public's taste, but mainly those of the Parisian ruling class. So the artists adapted to this both in terms of content and style: historicizing and literary-mythological themes were painted , which at the same time offered a pretext and justification for the display of a lot of bare skin. In this way, the voyeurism of the upper class, but also of the wider public, was served. Dramatic scenes with many characters were preferred. The way of painting is classicistic and academic .
literature
- Aleksa Čelebonović: Bourgeois Realism. The masterpieces of salon painting (“Peinture Kitsch ou réalisme bourgeois”). Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-549-16604-4 .
- Hans J. Hansen (Ed.): The pompous age. Between Biedermeier and Art Nouveau. Art, architecture and handicrafts in the second half of the 19th century . Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg 1970, ISBN 3-7979-3013-5 .
- James Harding: Artistes Pompiers. French Academic Art in the 19th Century . Academic Edition, London 1979, ISBN 0-85670-451-2 .
- Yann Le Pichon: L'Érotisme des chers Maîtres . Denoël, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-207-23308-1 -
- Vern G. Swanson : Alma-Tadema. The painter of the Victorian vision on the Ancient world . Scribner, New York 1977, ISBN 0-684-15304-1 .
- Paul Vogt : What they loved ... Salon painting in the XIX. Century . DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1969 (DuMont's new art series).
