French painter L. Gerard’s 1900 canvas harkens back to the eighteenth century. Like many artists, Gerard used the 1700’s to signify a simpler time, an era without “rain, steam, and speed” as Victorian Joseph Turner once said. The room’s Rococo furnishings add to the sense that the age of chivalry was alive and well.
A Chivalrous Scene, c.1900, Oil on CanvasL. Gerard French (1840 - 1910) |
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French painter L. Gerard’s 1900 canvas harkens back to the eighteenth century. Like many artists, Gerard used the 1700’s to signify a simpler time, an era without “rain, steam, and speed” as Victorian Joseph Turner once said. The room’s Rococo furnishings add to the sense that the age of chivalry was alive and well. |
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