More virtuoso glassware as painted by William Holman Hunt, Chase, De Nittis, Vallotton, and others in the 19th century.
Béraud
In search of realist or naturalist paintings of ballooning and early powered flight. Some surprises, and paintings by Watteau, Puvis de Chavannes, and Henri Rousseau.
Exposure to colour was, for centuries, determined by class. The poor lived in largely drab worlds, but the rich surrounded themselves with vivid hues. This all changed in the late 19th century and the 20th.
People and the props which they carry can readily show the effects of the wind. Some brilliant examples illustrate this well.
He painted Paris, its highlife and lowlife, during the Belle Époque, but has been largely ignored by art historians.
