Genre: Everyday Life
Everyday Life Paintings
Art historians call these genre scenes: ordinary people at work, at home or at leisure. Card players, kitchens, markets and village dances were a staple for Dutch painters of the 1600s.
5 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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The Card Players
Paul Cézanne, 1895
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The Milkmaid
Johannes Vermeer, 1658
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Art of Painting
Johannes Vermeer, 1666
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
L'Absinthe
Edgar Degas, 1876
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
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What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see everyday life paintings?
In our listings, Musée d'Orsay, Rijksmuseum, Kunsthistorisches Museum hold the most everyday life paintings. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.