Peasants and “Primitivism”: French Prints from Millet to Gauguin, 1995

Robert L. Herbert

This catalogue examines a significant aspect of 19th-century French culture-- the fascination with peasants, rustic ways, and the perceived social harmony of agrarian communities.  The distinction between city and country assumed a new and powerful set of meanings after the Revolution of 1848.  During succeeding decades the realities of rural life shifted, as did the artistic representation of them.

96 pages

$15.00
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