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Sep112015

Jean Béraud: A Documenter of Parisian Daily Life

DateFriday, September 11, 2015 at 8:00AM

Jean Béraud - On the Boulevard - 1895 - Oil on canvas, 35 x 25 cm - Musée Carnavalet, Paris (click photo for larger image)Working during La Belle Époque, Jean Béraud (1849-1935) was a skilled documenter of Parisian daily life, which by then had become a spectacle of display. While his Impressionist contemporaries were moving out into the country to study the changing effects of the landscape during the late nineteenth century, Béraud remained rooted in Paris, studying the city life and its people. Cafes became major gathering places for both the upper echelon of society and the modern artists seeking refuge from this display of pomp. Béraud had ample subject matter since Paris had become a world of “flaneurs,” or an idle stroller, and the leisurely activity of aimless wandering became a hobby for the most cultured of individuals. He began to document these, and many other images, during his prolific career.

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