Several books showed up this season. One in particular.
When I was in art school the first time there was a body of work that was disparaged. Unusual. Most work was examined and analyzed. We learned to get the effects without the mysticism. We learned to be good mercenaries.
It was the sixties. Mid century was gone and there was no replacement. We played. Our gods were the Bauhaus. The Bauhaus was an attempted revolt against German Romanticism. The label it was given was Biedermieir.
I was looking for watercolor technique and found a large format catalog of a show on the style out of Milwaukee. We were misinformed. The period lasted 1815 - 1845 in central Europe. The work is roughly contemporary with Shaker and reminiscent in style. I like most of the examples. Things do get strange as Victoria gets dominant. I will think more on this.
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