Somewhere in the mid-seventeenth century the French stared painting their fans. They use dark background, decorative in character, very large, very rich, very correct and often regal. Generally a full painted scene would stretch from right side to the other with no extra Decoration (fig. 5).
Figure 5, fan entitled The Crowing of Esther, French, 1690.
In eighteenth century the style for painting fans in France had altered. Often figure in a landscape, light background was favored. Not only central theme enclosed in a painted border but subsidiary themes were placed in two other circles, ovals or squares on either side, the empty spaces in between were surrounded by a full border of leaf and flowers (fig. 6).
Very often the subject matter was from classical, bible, and mythological stories, but it could also be mythological stories.
Figure 6, Ballooning fan, 18th century, French.
Figure 5, fan entitled The Crowing of Esther, French, 1690.
In eighteenth century the style for painting fans in France had altered. Often figure in a landscape, light background was favored. Not only central theme enclosed in a painted border but subsidiary themes were placed in two other circles, ovals or squares on either side, the empty spaces in between were surrounded by a full border of leaf and flowers (fig. 6).
Very often the subject matter was from classical, bible, and mythological stories, but it could also be mythological stories.
Figure 6, Ballooning fan, 18th century, French.
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