French School
Pair of Louis XVI Transitional Floral Decorative Arts Studies
3rd Quarter 18th Century
Watercolor and gouache on laid paper
12 x 18 inches and 11.75 x 18.5 inches, overall, respectively
15.75 x 22.5 inches, French mat
16.25 x 25 inches, beaded gold leaf frame
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Louis XVI Transitional Decorative Arts Studies
18th Century Watercolors
18th Century Watercolors
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A pair of decorative arts designs, each featuring roses integrated into a decorative arts design. These are attractive paintings in their own right, but perhaps were made as designs for fabrics or wallpaper. Each has a central figure with roses and ribbon-tied embellishments, surrounded on top and bottom by additional decorations. They exhibit the early neoclassical style of the Louis XVI period that succeeded the rococo period. Known in France as Goût Grec [Greek taste], this style incorporated classical elements such as those discovered on the painted ancient Roman walls in Pompeii and Herculaneum, as excavations progressed during the mid 18th century. Stylistically, the studies shown here may be seen as transitional between the asymmetry of the rococo and the symmetry of the neoclassical. The sentimental rose motif is also a carryover from rococo art.
Each is on laid paper, with the paper maker’s watermark.