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IS THAT BIEDERMEIER?

Amerling, Waldmüller, and more
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Is That Biedermeier? explores the evolution of Central European art from 1830 to 1860, a period starting in the Biedermeier era but extending beyond it. The book showcases a diverse selection of portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings that reveal how artists developed styles independently of the strict historical Biedermeier label. Featuring Austrian painters such as Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt, and Friedrich von Amerling, as well as notable figures from Northern Italy, Hungary, Bohemia, and Slovenia, this volume highlights the broader artistic currents of the time. It also touches upon stylistic changes in furniture production, underscoring the era's creative variety.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in 19th-century Central European art history, art students, and cultural historians seeking insight into the period’s rich artistic diversity beyond the traditional Biedermeier classification.

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This volume illustrates the development of art in Central Europe from 1830 to 1860—a period which begins in the age of Biedermeier but extends well beyond it. It shows, by means of a selection of representative works, how art at this time developed independently and was not restricted to the historical Biedermeier era.

Is that Biedermeier? we often ask of pictures which date from the same period but do not look typically Biedermeier. The publication concentrates on these works in particular by showing the wide range of painting in the years between 1830 to 1860 through portraits, landscapes and genre pictures. The main focus lies on Austrian painters like Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt, and Friedrich von Amerling, together with artists from Northern Italy, Hungary, Bohemia, and Slovenia, including Giuseppe Tominz, József Borsos, Bedřich Havránek, and Francesco Hayez.

There are also references to the changes in style in furniture production at that time, which also demonstrated a remarkable diversity.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777427799

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 April 2017

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 285.0mm

Weight: 1810g

Pages: 312

About the Author

Agnes Husslein-Arco is an art historian and director of the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, where Sabine Grabner is a curator.

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