I mean, honestly, who can resist a genre painting?
I would fill my house up with them if I could.
Showing posts with label Michel Garnier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michel Garnier. Show all posts
Elegant Looking at a Miniature Portrait #art
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| Michel Garnier, Elegant Looking at a Miniature Portrait. 18th century, oil on canvas. Sotheby's Paris. |
Young girl listening to a conversation between two lovers
As you all are surely aware I love a genre painting, I mean who
doesn't? I would fill my house with them if I could. One artist of this style is Michel Garnier, and now a few of his paintings are going up
for auction to some very lucky bidders.
Art du jour! La Jeune fille punie
Michel Garnier, La Jeune fille punie. Oil on canvas, 1794. Sale Of Sotheby's Monaco: 6/16/1989.
The Letter by Garnier
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| Michel Garnier, The Letter. 1791. Minneapolis Institute of Art. |
I love this painting: The Letter by Michel Garnier. The young lady has just received a letter and with excitement she jumps up from her practice, her thin skirts still clinging to the velvet chair. Her blue sash falls down her her side as she reads the letter, letting the envelop fall hastily to the floor. She shows off the miniature that was sent with it to her companion, a token sent by her lover. In all the excitement caused by this letter a cup from the tea service has tipped over!
Art du Jour! Le depart de Monsieur...
Michel Garnier, Le départ de Monsieur de Saint-Marc pour la bataille de Fontenoy, 1788. Oil on canvas.
A most splendid 18th century Toilette!
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| Garnier, Michel, Elegant Lady at her Toilette, 1788. |
"All the court passed then to the chamber of Mme la Duchesse de Bourgogne, which was brilliantly lighted, and in which, the day before, they had set up a magnificent bed and canopy of green velvet embroidered in gold and silver. The court saw there, also, the toilette of the princess, which was much admired, both for its articles of gold and silver and for its embroidery and lace."
Farmer, James Eugene. 1905. Versailles and the court under Louis XIV
. New York: Century Co.
. New York: Century Co. 
A fashionably dressed young woman 1787
Michel Garnier, A Fashionably Dressed young Woman in the Arcade of the Palais Royal. 1787, Oil on canvas. Private.
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