Well into the 19th century, genre art -- that which told stories of everyday life -- was considered vulgar and most often carried a comic or pathetic message. Poor people were predominantly the ...

Born in London, Morgan received his artistic training at the Royal Academy Schools and became a prominent figure in 19th-century British genre painting. His work often explored themes of childhood ...

Paul Delaroche was a 19th-century French painter who specialized ... especially among academicians. The hierarchy of art originated in the mid-15th century when ideas of ranking artistic genres began ...