Biedermeier Painting, 1815-48 – Geraldine Norman

Condition : Good.
First Edition, Thames and Hudson, 1987, Large-format Hardback with removable protective plastic wrap – Art – 192pp. Lush full-page colour plates throughout.

Well illustrated history of the Biedermeier school, which flourished in Central & Northern Europe from 1815 – 1848. Typified by a meticulous approach to detail & showing the social gatherings & domestic life of the middle classes. Painters and paintings according to region: Vienna, Berlin, Copenhagen, Munich, Dusseldorf, Dresden, and Italy.