The Biedermeier style was a 19th century trend that had it's origins into neoclassicism. In developped in Central Europe in 1815 - 1848, with great success and popularity, due to it's originality and it's key feature : the inspired merging of simple and imagination, something that had rarely been tried before. In just a few years the Biedermeier style gained a lot of admirers, especially in the higher classes, so much that to a certain degree it defined the age.
 | The Louvre Museum in Paris will once again bring the charm of the Biedermeier style to the public eye, by hosting the exhibition "Biedermeier, from Craftsmanship to Design", a synthetic approach that focuses on the presence, themes and creations of the style in Vienna and Prague in 1815 - 1830. The curators have already anounced the show to be a fascinating voyage through the atmosphere of those times, presenting the artistic creations in the political, social and cultural medium. |
Very few know that the term "Biedermeier" is actually derived from the name of a fictional character, presented in the pages of a Munich satirical magazine. By his full name Weiland Gottlieb Biedermaier was the essence of the everyday man, a model citizen, interested more in his peaceful and comfortable existence than in the world around him, with a certain naive view of life.
The exhibition that will be hosted by the Louvre Museum starting on the 18th of October 2007 will try to emphasise the singurality of the Biedermeier style, as a forerunner of the future aesthetic developments, such as industrial design. A wide range of exhibitis has already been selected, from furniture, silver objects and crystal to porcelain pieces, textile and wallpaper samples, as well as depictions of interiors, a small collection of paintings, graphic compositions. These objects, pieces of furniture and works of art will undoubtly be presented in a new light, for the visitors to be able to examine and delight in the shapes, surfaces, colours that made the Biedermeier style distinct.
Photo : louvre.fr
2007-09-03
