Genre Painting Archive
Having the characteristics of impressionism, painting is a work done by the Italian painter Vincenzo Irolli born in mid-19th century. It is a highly colorful portrayal of a scene from a village fair.The scene contains the core objective of any fair, pure joy. A lady-seller, a wandering woman, a mother pulling her child from the not-her-aged Ferris-wheel with sits in shape of horses, some people chatting in the backdrop and a man selling his balloons is just a small joyous portion of the whole village fair which the artist may have attended to depict the paintings. Paintings consists all the happenings of a fair. There are always some children who want more toys or want to ride on the rides which are not suitable for them. […]
Guglielmo Zoochi was an Italian painter born in 1874. Majority of his work depended on displaying the contemporary women enjoying different kind of activities. The women portrayed in his paintings were often very beautiful wearing traditional clothing and makeup. The current oil-on-canvas painting is called A Musical Evening. It captures the moment of some women and two men from affluent houses, enjoying the music at a particular evening. Expensive clothing of characters, house filled with expensive furniture and decorative pieces of carpet and wallpapers clearly states that it is a house of one of the wealthiest persons in Italy. The particular moment demonstrates the complete enjoyment of characters with music. A woman is playing an instrument by reading the notes. She seems to be indulged […]
Around 19th century, people of Istanbul used to have scribes to write or read their letters as they had very low literary knowledge. This oil-on-canvas painting shows one of those days. Artist Fausto Zonaro was born in Masi, which was in Austrian Empire, in 1854. He was very much interested in painting from the beginning and his parents decided to encourage his skill. After learning in a Fine arts Academy in Verona, he opened his own art school in Venice. But he was not fully happy with his way of life. He found the satisfaction in Istanbul. He attained the attention of aristocratic circles and started receiving works from them. Being pleased with his paintings, he got the title of court painter. Now we can […]
When the plague of 1576 struck on Italy, Doge Alvise I Mocenigo decided to build a massive church if the plague diminishes totally. After plague stopped the church was built and was called as II Redentore. From that time, festival of Redentore began to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague. Italian artist Fausto Zonaro has depicted the same festival of the old times with details. The presented portion of the festival shows a person trying to sell his goods to two beautiful women. Thus, the festival having a terrible history has now forgot the abysmal of the past and people are enjoying the healthy present. We see a hand-fan in the hands of the lady in front and one lady in the […]
The warm and realistic portrayal of a tribe is illustrated by the famous Russian artist Richard Karlovich Zommer. It is genre painting of wanderers. They have pitched their tents in an open field. The trees are giving them comfort under their shadows and every living object of the tribe is having rest after a long journey. Watching the scene, it feels very calm and restful. We automatically feel the urge to go there and have some drinks under those welcoming tents. It’s like getting freedom from the same-old regular life we are having. It feels much more adventurous things to keep wandering from place to place and exploring the new areas of the Mother Nature. This could be the most perfect life for anyone who […]




















