The Triumph of Beauty
The Epoch of Salon painting from Makart to Rossetti
5 March – 30 July 2006
Kunsthalle Krems www.kunsthalle.at

fig.: Solomon Joseph Solomon, The Conversation Piece, 1884, oil on canvas, 102 x 127 cm © Leighton House Museum and Art Gallery, London, UK

The artists of this time have reached a technical perfection which allows the recipient to explore women's beauty in a hyper-realistic way: these paintings presents the body and costumes exactly, and - perhaps much more important - they also reflect the atmosphere perfectly. more culture >>>