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19th Century European Painting From Barbizon to Belle Epoque by Bill Rau ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

...19th Century European Painting From Barbizon to Belle Epoque by Bill Rau ~ M.S. Rau Antiques... Read More »

Kirkus Reviews 19th Century European Painting: From Barbizon to Belle Epoque ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from About Us] 11/13/2012
...Kirkus Reviews 19th Century European Painting: From Barbizon to Belle Epoque ~ M.S. Rau Antiques Kirkus Reviews 19th-Century European Painting......: From Barbizon to Belle Epoque November 2012 A A A KIRKUS REVIEW... Monumental in scope and size, Rau’s coffee-table book tells the story....... Although Paris was the epicenter, Rau notes the accomplishments of the Newlyn School in England, the magnificence of Venetian View Paintings and the Belle Époque... Read More »

The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » Ludovic Rousset

.... Jean Beraud is typically categorized as a Belle Epoque painter. Though the theme and lighting of this painting are grave, Beraud injects a sense of playfulness with the woman... Read More »

The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2012 » May

.... Jean Beraud is typically categorized as a Belle Epoque painter. Though the theme and lighting of this painting are grave, Beraud injects a sense of playfulness with the woman....... By leaning on a backwards-facing chair, this young and jovial woman seems to embody the joie de vivre for which the Belle Epoque is known, simultaneous to her attempts to be devout. Beraud... Read More »

The Allure of 19th Century Parisian Furniture ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from Resource Library] 03/14/2011
.... It was the period of the Belle Epoque, when France was at the height of its fashionable influence, and Linke embraced the rococo style of his predecessors and infused it with a hint of the Art Nouveau... Read More »

Glossary of Antiques Terms - Antiques Glossary ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from Glossary]
.... Common in the William and Mary style. Belle Epoque Curvilinear high style of the later part of the 19th century and early 20th century, combining Victorian electicism and the flowing, sinuous forms of Art Nouveau....... Beech A hardwood which lacks a pronounced grain. Bell turning A type of turning used for furniture legs and pedestal supports shaped like a conventional bell... Read More »