The Church of Our Dear Lady in Esslingen by Michael Neher (1798-1876)
Photo by Jan Fidler
The term is also used to describe interior furnishings of the period. As Neoclassicism gave way to Romanticism, the strict, cool simplicity of classicism was overlaid with ornament and made cozy and familiar.
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The term was used in a derogatory way, deriving from the comic figure known as "Papa Biedermeier."
Woman Embroidering, Georg Friedrich, 1814
As the middle class was emerging, many people found contentment at home, reading, playing piano, or doing needlework.
Waldmuller Corpus Christi Morn Belvedere
Later critics argued that the Biedermeier art wasn't challenging enough, and that it just served to reassure comfortable people that their values were OK.
Carl Spitzweg
As often happens when art movements are branded with a disparaging title, later adherents proudly carry that title as their badge of honor.
-- "Biedermeier" is a term for a style of art in Germany, Sca…){kind=link}
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