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| Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid, 1660 |
According to About.com, "Genre -- typically immediately followed by the word "painting" -- is most frequently used in art to mean "a scene of everyday life." A genre painting has a person (or people) in it doing something." Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a classic genre painter, where his paintings were mostly of women doing everyday activities. His use of natural light and colors brings, for me, a meditative and warm sense to the painting. Enjoy!
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