Galerie Nationale Hongroise x Papier Français

Biedermeier Lifestyles (1815–1867) :

Papier Français is proud to have been chosen to produce all the wallpapers installed in this beautiful exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest (wallpapers selected from our "Bibliothèque nationale de France, à la découverte des archives" collection). 

The Hungarian National Gallery presents Biedermeier Lifestyles, Art and the Rise of the Middle Classes in 19th-Century Hungary. The material – mainly comprising Hungarian and Austrian paintings as well as graphic pieces, furniture, attires and other objects of everyday use – presents the prominent style of the early decades of the nineteenth century based on the Gesamkunstwerk, or total artwork approach. Besides iconic Hungarian Biedermeier paintings, visitors can also see works by the greatest masters of the period’s Viennese art scene. 

This large-scale exhibition is displaying more than 300 pieces presents works by the most important Hungarian artists – József Borsos and Miklós Barabás – as well as those by Friedrich von Amerling, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Josef Danhauser and other great Austrian painters.