Little Theatres of the Intimate
French genre painting between
the Revolution and the Restoration

The history of French genre painting from 1770 to 1820: a window into changing tastes,fashions and the curiosity of society.

Through this exhibition, the Musée des Augustins offers a panorama of the various movements in French genre painting from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.By presenting these scenes of day-to-day life, the exhibition gives the viewer a fresh vision of a set of painters. Some works by the most famous artists such as Fragonard, Marguerite Gérard, Greuze, Boilly or Drolling will be presented to the public for the first time but there will also be many works by artists whose names have been forgotten or lost.

Through sixty scenes, this exhibition echoes moments in French society between the end of the Ancien Régime and the Restoration: private moments, family time, artistic and society events.These works, which have been kept both in French public collections and in private collections, illustrate changes in tastes and fashion and the influence of foreign schools on the French painting of this very troubled period.

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