Guarisco Gallery 2012

12 ith the emergence and growth of the middle class in the 19 th century, traditional patronage of the arts changed. The newly wealthy patrons developed an avid interest in acquiring charming, domestic genre scenes. The depiction of irresistible and endearingly mischievous children, often shown with their pets, became one of the most collected subjects in art. In Europe and in the United States, audiences everywhere had a weakness for the utterly “adorable.” Rural variants of these scenes, particularly favored by the English, featured smiling peasant children, and domestic farmyard or schoolyard vignettes. Children and Animals Léon Delachaux Fr., 1853-1924 Childhood Pastimes signed, d. 1884, o/c 23” x 17” (30-1/4” x 24” fr.) Exhibited: Penn. Academy of Fine Arts, Phila., 1884 Frederick Morgan British, 1856-1927 Sharing her Lunch signed, o/c 16” x 20” 22-1/2” x 26-1/4” fr. W